I just checked avalon's site, and it looks to me like the batch is now sold out.

do you have a #bitcoin-otc web of trust rating? maybe you could secure a very short-term loan.

Good point. I made some tweaks to the widget layout to make it easier to read. I just pushed version 2 to the app store. Once you get the update, let me know what you think.

Oh whoops, I didn't notice it was you gweedo. Shame on me, I should have known better than to suggest bitfloor to you .

I haven't tried bitstamp's API yet, so I can't say much about it. Btc-e's api works, but I have some concerns about the way they report transactions. I was not impressed by CampBX.

bitfloor.

lol

The most popular android alt price widget, Digital Currency Widget (previously Litecoin Widget) will show you prices for BTC and hundreds of alts on dozens of exchanges.

USER SUBMITTED COIN IMAGES --> http://dcw.phauna.org:8098/

Tap once to update, twice to reconfigure.

Anytime a price was estimated, it is marked with an asterisk. Please be aware, these numbers could be based on cached information even if you refresh. The time the data was pulled from the exchange is displayed. If the exchange is stale in updating it's data, your view will also be stale.

Currency exchange rates may be cached for up to 1 hour.

It's on the app store as "Digital Currency Widget" by The Mad Geniuses, or get the .apk directly here: http://dcw.phauna.org/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.phauna.litecoinwidget&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsIm9yZy5waGF1bmEubGl0ZWNvaW53aWRnZXQiXQ..

Enjoy!

version 86:
- Bug fix: "Also display as" wasn't working with eth and ltc base pairs. Now it does.

version 85:
- add text size options for all three different sets of text
- allow user-specified defaults for widget display options


version 84:
- allow user-specified text size (android 4.1 and newer)
- improve formatting of eth-denominated prices

version 83:
- improve 1x1 layout

version 82:
- add 1x1 and 2x1 widget options

version 81:
- fix bug that sometimes caused first widget not to update immediately
  after creation.
- some layout improvements.

version 80:
- Major rewrite for compatibility with Android 8/9 (Oreo & Pie). No longer works on android 3.0 and older -- please use an old APK (available at
  dcw.phauna.org) if you need that.
- Widget is now 2x1 instead of 1x1. It was unavoidable because wide margins are forced in the newer version of Android.

version 79:
- Fix bug whereby newer versions of android were not showing millibits and microbits prices anymore.

version 78:
- add time format override (12 vs 24 hour) to global options

version 77:
- add global options, ability to select port 80

version 75:
- add a main activity and sha512 test

2016-02-21 version 73&74:
- fix memory leak by disabling ads
- remove extraneous server queries

2016-02-17 version 72:
- fix a couple rare crashes

2016-02-13 version 71:
- fix a couple of relatively minor UI glitches

2016-02-09 version 70:
- NOTE: you will probably need to reconfigure or delete/add your widgets after this update!
- the time displayed at the bottom of each widget used to be misleading: if the data was cached, the time still showed like it was fresh. Now it shows the time the data was actually pulled from the exchange.
- groundwork has been laid for user-submitted coin images
- "old world currency" is now "also display as", and behavior is more consistent
- remove cryptsy, added cryptopia

version 68
 - new preview icon
 - add coinsetter

version 67
 - added quadrigaCX

version 66
 - remove delisted coins from btc-e
 - update name to Digital Currency Widget in more spots

version 65
 - add arrows to indicate tick direction
 - switch from bitstamp to more reliable service for btc/usd rate

version 64
 - add OKCoin
 - change logo
 - tweak rounding

version 63:
 - replace currency exchange rate infrastructure
 - allow setting custom update intervals
 - remove mintpal

version 62:
 - add c-cex exchange

version 61:
 - include the coin name under the exchange
 - bitcoin-central.de became paymium.com

version 60:
 - fix issue causing crashes related to fetching currency exchange rates
 - remove just-dice / doge-dice (also causing crashes for a few users)

version 59:
 - add images for monero (XMR) and reddcoin

version 58:
 - add bittrex
 - add bitfinex
 - remove preev

version 57:
 - add poloniex

version 56:
 - add mintpal
 - add darkcoin (drk) image

version 55:
- restrict kraken pairs to those that work with the widget (unfortunately, not many)
- add a few more coin images
- fix bter api (http -> https)
- add cavirtex ltc price

version 54:
 - add KRW
 - switch to google currency API
 - add all Kraken pairs
 - add btcchina LTC
 - remove mtgox

version 53:
 - add mastercoin (masterXchange)
 - update a bunch of images

version 52:
 - add new image for XCP
 - add doge-dice stats

version 51:
 - add XCP prices from blockscan.com
 - add image for vertcoin

version 50:
 - add total site profit and profit % stats from just-dice.com

version 49:
 - add bitcoin.de

version 48:
 - add support for coins-e
 - add nxt image
 - add MAX and a few other coins at mcxnow.com

version 47:
 - add images for florincoin, unobtanium, and protoshares
 - add preev (preev.com)
 - increase decimal precision for small owc values (e.g. $.0012)

version 46:
 - add memorycoin image
 - fix vircurex api

version 44:
 - add bitcoin-central.net

version 43:
  - YOU WILL NEED TO RECONFIGURE YOUR CRYPTSY WIDGETS -- sorry!
  - revamped the way cryptsy data is cached on the server and collected by the widget. should fix recent cryptsy stability issues.

version 42:
 - remove extraneous decimal place on millibit prices
 - get EUR results directly from BTC-e instead of estimating

version 41:
 - add itbit
 - bug fixes

version 40:
 - add old-world-currency estimates for LTC and XPM-based pairs on cryptsy

version 39:
 - fix bug whereby clicking two different widgets would result in double click behavior.
 - fix null pointer exception that happens in rare cases

version 38:
 - NEW FEATURE: double click to edit an existing widget's configuration!
 - fun with doges

version 37:
 - add support for altcoins which trade versus XPM or LTC on cryptsy. For example, FLO (Florincoin).
 - add images for more coins (notably DOGE)

version 36:
 - fix crash when cryptsy is down

version 35:
 - millibits and microbits on bitcoin prices where appropriate

version 34:
 - purely aesthetic change: show local animation on manual refresh, instead of a toast message

version 33:
 - add support for mtgox non-USD markets

version 32:
 - increase decimal precision

version 31:
 - add ALL coins that trade vs BTC on cryptsy. They all share a generic question-mark icon. You're welcome!

version 30:
 - add Kraken
 - add Bitcoinaverage.com
 - fix bug which sometimes caused crazy estimated prices

version 29:
 - add PPC/USD, NMC/USD, and NVC/USD from btc-e

version 28:
 - add WDC (worldcoin)

version 27:
 - add BTC China (CNY)
 - add Bit2c.co.il (ILS)

version 26:
 - New exchange mcxNOW
 - Add XPM (primecoin)
 - switch to yahoo api for currency quotes

version 25:
 - get cryptsy data via cryptsy.phauna.org to save bandwidth
 - add support for the BTC / CAD price on cavirtex.com

version 24:
 - update to match new cryptsy api

version 23:
 - add a small advertisement to the config page. please let me know if this is too annoying.
 - add cryptsy support
 - add NVC

version 22:
 - fix bug which caused widget not to work when default coin was accepted
 - add support for coinbase BTC

version 21: bug fix release

version 20:
 - add bitstamp and campbx for BTC prices
 - add freicoin (Vircurex)

version 19: fix minor regression introduced in version 18

version 18:
- cleaner exchange/coin selection. you may have to delete and re-add all your widgets as the underlying configuration type has changed.
- add FTC

version 17:
- add TRC, remove Bitfloor

version 16:
- use exchange prices, instead of estimates, in more cases.

version 15:
- complete overhaul of background and foreground color implementation. Now you get a full color picker, and a dynamically generated background that actually works (including custom alpha levels!) on older versions of android.
- fix bug causing some widgets to never update, either when tapped or automatically
- don't display toast messages during background refreshes; only when the users actually taps the widget.

new in version 14:
- fix this bug: "when turning data off and then back on again later, tapping on the widget does not refresh it"
- display default values for transparency level and color in prefs view
- add status toasts "refreshing.." or "no network connection" when you click the widget

new in version 13:
- add much-requested option to control level of transparency
- workaround sporadic network errors due to this bug in Android: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=7786
- make layout more consistent for BTC price widgets

new in version 12:
- bugfix: remove extraneous call to vircurex api when configuring the widget

new in version 11:
- add BTC-E NMC support
- SSL host verification disabled, as it was causing some users to be unable to access data from btc-e

new in version 10:
- add BTC-E PPC support (NVC, TRC still todo)
- errors downloading are now briefly displayed to the screen

new in version 9:
- support for estimated values in 8 different old-world currencies, courtesy of rate-exchange.appspot.com. old-world currency exchange rates are cached for up to an hour.
- ability to choose between three text colors; hopefully this helps those who were having trouble seeing text on a light background
- fix crash in some old versions of android (due to SharedPreferences.Editor.apply)

new in version 8:
- when exchange is unreachable, continue to display previous result (and time) instead of overwriting with 0
- add estimated dollar amounts to coins which don't trade in dollars. If a price is an estimate, it is marked with an asterisk

new in version 7:
- fiiiiiine.. added mtgox support >:-)

new in version 6:
- when you click, only refresh the widget you clicked on (previously it refreshed all widgets)
- add support for namecoin and ppcoin
- fixed crash when api calls to the exchanges timed out or otherwise failed
- network updates moved to background thread
- shorter exchange names in widget (e.g. v'rex), making for prettier, more consistent coin graphics

Background: thewalletlist.com is a sort of bitcoin address "shortener" except the key is your email address(es).

There is now an Android widget that helps you keep tabs on your thewalletlist.com addresses. Basically, it just sits there looking green unless it detects that your address has changed. The development was spurred by a discussion here on the forums about the security of bitcoin address shorteners, and how they are susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks and such.

The widget doesn't "solve" MITM attacks per-se, but it does at least give you a simple way to monitor the status of your own addresses. With the widget, you can e.g. easily verify that your address is still correct just before telling someone to refer to it.

The widget is available from the app store as "the wallet list".

https://thewalletlist.com/
https://thewalletlist.com/doc/about
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thewalletlist.securitymonitor
https://github.com/ogunden/thewalletlist-securitymon

My politics are closest to voluntarism. So I don't like any mandatory taxes.

Yet I would prefer the proposed regime better than the redistributionism that we already have, for a few reasons:

 - if it was done in conjunction with a flat tax (flat percentage taken in taxes, flat dollar amount returned), it would be much simpler and therefore require much less administration
 - it would be more honest and transparent (about the fact that we're stealing from some and giving to others) than what we currently do, in the sense that it "admits" to being income redistribution
 - everyone is a welfare recipient, thereby eliminating a government-reinforced class distinction
 - people are free to spend their welfare as they please (versus e.g. food stamps)
 - under the proposed regime, at least your income increases monotonically with respect to the amount of value you add (versus the current one, where for an increasing percentage of the population, it pays to quit working)


Isn't this the wrong board for this topic?

Andreas Schildbach replied on March 20, 2013

What kind of sizes do you deal in (i.e. how much gold)?

ltc.kattare.com seems ok

Is there an API for lightweight clients similar to the BCCAPI for bitcoin? Downloading the entire chain to my device would be a bummer, right?

would be interested in picking up a few shares, but the "deposit bitcoins" page isn't working for me :/

Any chance of a trading API that authenticates a little simpler? This oauth stuff is complicated  . I don't want to write my bot in php.. and why should I need a public facing web server just to connect and make some trades?

+1

Your point?

Everyone seems to be talking like bitcoins will never go down again. Sounds a bit like folks were talking about houses a few years back.. :-P

I guess on the bright side it's sorta like a hedge; if the price of bitcoins goes down, you get more of your bitfloor coins faster .

Will it? Bitfloor is already registered as an MSB:

http://www.fincen.gov/financial_institutions/msb/msbstateselector.html

(type 'bitfloor' into the legal name field)

I spoke with Roman the other week and he pointed out that this actually has ups and downs. The rally has helped volume on bitfloor, but it's also raised the dollar cost of buying coin, which is exactly what bitfloor has to do each time he makes a payment. (fees are earned in dollars)