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UPDATE: I will design a custom ticker for your website! It can be any size and include whatever information you would like. I'll even include your logo and design it however you'd like. You may pay me whatever you feel it is worth for you. Contact me if you're interested!

180x240
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/180-240.png (http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/180-240.png)


100x20
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/100-20.png (http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/100-20.png)



Just copy the image URL and embed wherever you want!

The images automatically update every 10 minutes. I wrote a simple program to output the latest ticker data to an image file, which I then upload to my server at 10-minute intervals. I'm still messing around with it, so I apologize if the updating breaks every now and then.

Another advantage is that I can add features to the ticker that get pushed right to you. So, if you have a feature request and I implement it, you won't have to patch or change anything; you'll immediately see the changes I make to your embedded ticker. Also, if you'd like me to create a ticker of a different size, I can do that as well. I recommend the small size for forum signatures and the large size for web pages.

Here are the URLs for each:

180x240
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/180-240.png

100x20
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/100-20.png


Enjoy! If this helps you, I would greatly appreciate your donation:
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this is sweet I'm gonna post here to find it in the future. You might want to add simply "(USD)" under the numbers row.

+1, add USD.
I'm adding this to glbse.com

thanks. good work.

Thank you, I was looking for something similar like http://www.kitconet.com/, and possibly of the same size: do you plan to work to charts too?
Also, it would be very, very nice to have a chart comparing BTCs to gold and silver.

As for those panels you created, I would recommend to add the unit ($, or USD) and to use antialiased fonts.

Also, I would be delighted to have a ticker using € (Euros) as a reference :)

It doesn't particularly help me personally, but well done I'm sending you something anyway.

I think the buy and sell words are back-to-front.. at present the buy is lower than the sell: shouldn't buy correspond to Ask and Sell, Bid.

Could just change it to ask, bid.

I've updated the tickers with some of the features you guys wanted to see. The fonts are anti-aliased for a nicer appearance, and I added USD to each one. I also added a timestamp to the bottom of the large ticker. This will likely not be your time zone (EST), but it is more of a reference to use in order to determine if there have been any recent update problems.

I will continue to make improvements as you provide more feedback.

Great work, Haxxy!!

 ;)

I will implement this if I see enough demand for it. =]

Great idea.

Feature request: Add support for other currencies as well.

Can you also add something like this?
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/130usd?.png

It will show a dynamic image with the actual value of 130 USD in Bitcoin

So it will be possible to do the same with these example:
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/130usd?.png
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/20usd?.png
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/45.4usd?.png
...
http://oneminuteslow.com/bitcoin/xx.xxxusd?.png

Pretty good idea, but for what it is, I don't think it would be worth the difficulty for me. I'm not experienced with server-side programming, and the current ticker I designed is simply a desktop application that uploads an image to the server every ten minutes. So, adding such a feature, which interacts with client requests and all, would be another big project rather than a small feature addition.


I'd like to add other currencies, and I've actually begun coding it. The one hurdle is the fact that MtGox provides their ticker information in USD (https://mtgox.com/code/ticker.php) and, as far as I know, not in any other currency. So, I have to look up the current exchange rates as well. But, I'm about 70% done with it, so I suppose I might as well finish it. Would you like to see anything besides EUR?

I have something which is more a "proof of concept", but have look here: http://btcticker.appspot.com/

1 BTC: http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1.00btc.png

$130 :  http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/130usd.png

Cool! ;D

This is great because it's possible to easy add dynamic prices on forums! ( it's just an example )

Great service!

Is it easy to add also euro and other markets?

I'll have a look in the evening. Can you recommend a USD/EUR service?

Also the way I calculate the conversion rate using MtGox ticker is (buy + sell + 2*last) / 4. It looks about right to me, but I'm open to suggestions.

I think that the bests are here:
http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/

Anyway, I recommend this for euro: https://bitmarket.eu
and GPB: https://britcoin.co.uk

I think that you can also add an easy interface for dummies.
Users will select the service that they prefer,the in-currency,out-currency and the value.
It should show/make the final url.

You have just made a very useful service :D

I know it's just new, but here's some interesting ones:

100,000.00 btc: http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/100000.00btc.png Great!
1,000,000.00 btc: http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1000000.00btc.png Not so great!
10,000,000.00 btc: http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/10000000.00btc.png Horrible!

Edit:
21,000,000 btc: http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/21000000.00btc.png Humorous!

Edit 2: I see you've now fixed things so my post doesn't make sense any more :)

Fine, I'll add suport for euro and pound


Good suggestion. May make Google happy too. Too a degree ;)

Thanks, for pointing it out. I haven't checked it with great inputs. I may have to adjust the number of displayed digits depending on number.

No problem, while the figures I just used create a 'wrong' image, this actually creates a 500 internal server error:

http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1000000000000000000000000.00btc.png

Great job, vrotaru! It was only a matter of time before a better coder hijacked my thread. =P

But, how would you like for me to design some good background graphics for you? If you like my design, I'd happily hand it over, but I can also make whatever changes you see fit.

You know, I just have a background in server programming and I was curious to see just how hard it could be. Well, Google AppEngine is not exactly graphics friendly, so it turned out to be slightly harder that I was expecting.

And yes, yes, yes!! I'll definitively welcome your help with good background graphics and maybe currency symbols

PS. I have alsow fixed some problems with overflow and and attempt to display 1000000000000000000000000.00 btc gives http://btcticker.appspot.com/mtgox/1000000000000000000000000.00btc.png

Great! I see that you are updating it! ;D

http://btcticker.appspot.com

Well I since I started it... BTW, I'll be off for a day or two, so no updates. After that I'll try to make the tickers more visually appealing.

Hey, if you don't mind me asking...what exactly is the practical application of having an embeddable image of a custom currency amount?

What I mean is, if you just want to know a conversion rate, then there are nice web services for that. If you want to serve the point of this and embed the image, it isn't clear to whoever is viewing the image that you're converting, say, $100 USD into BTC, because the image doesn't specify the amount in itself. To the viewer, it's just an arbitrary number pulled from nowhere, right?

I'm not challenging the usefulness of the app, but I'm just wondering what people will be using it for, since it was requested and all.

I can think of one just off the top of my head.

Imagine a site that is taking donations in BTC but wants to display the USD value of the total donated.

eg. "Our donation goal is $1000 worth of BTC, and so far we have collected [insert image here] worth of BTC".

I added the big version to one of the desktops of my Nokia N900 with the help of the Oculo widget, now i can keep up with the prices of BTC on the go without having to manually go to a site :)

I just created a simple ticker which shows the current price in the title of a web page, so you can see it on the tabs of the browser.

Don't expect anything fancy, feel free to download the source code from the link and adapt it to you needs.

http://bitcoin-ticker.netii.net/

If you don't want to fill any form field you can just leave them empty. Or use this link for the ticker without any configuration: http://bitcoin-ticker.netii.net/ticker.php

that's awsome actually !

UPDATE: I will design a custom ticker for your website! It can be any size and include whatever information you would like. I'll even include your logo and design it however you'd like. You may pay me whatever you feel it is worth for you. Contact me if you're interested!

thanks. I really like this ticker!

Thanks. I would also be interested in a ticker in Euros!

Nice! I have added your image to my blog. Thanks

Thanks a lot for this ticker: http://btcticker.appspot.com/

I am already using it on my forum/classifieds page:
http://bietcoin.de

It makes it easier for people to see much Bitcoin prices are worth.

I'll soon be moving domains and adding EUR support. Any other suggestions, let me know.

free bump cause this is awesome!

Does this ticker: http://btcticker.appspot.com/ still work?

edit: I just realized mtgox.com is down

The people using this ticker may have realized that it hasn't been updating properly since MtGox went down and returned. I'm currently fixing this, so expect everything to work again in just a couple days.

If you use my ticker, you've probably noticed that it hasn't been working since Mt. Gox died and recovered. Well, it's working again. =]

There are a couple bugs that I need to sort out, but it's at least updating once again. Thanks for your patience!

it appears this hasnt been updated in awhile. wondering if u plan on putting this service back up? Im a big fan  ;D

yeah, its not updating... please fix it! thank you :D

Sorry, I'll check it out later today as soon as I can. Should be working again tonight.

EDIT: All fixed up, or at least it should be.

yep, looking good! thank-you much

it's offline  :( :( :( :(

WHERE CAN I GET A NEW ONE!!!! LSKDJFLSDKJFL

hahah

I love that ticker, I have it on my news site.

I really would like to get a new one.

Hey Haxxy, it´s not working again. It´s stuck in 2.68857 ... Any way to fix it?

Thanks in advance!

We are using your ticker in elBitcoin.org (http://elBitcoin.org)

Hi. I'm sorry to say that the ticker is stuck again at 2.95.
Anyone knows some alternative reliable BTC ticker?

Can someone please fix this?
I'm happy to donate as well.

Found one working here:
http://ansrv.com/png?s=http://betwithbtc.com/lastprice.php&size=5