bitinstant - MtGox, Bitstamp, BTC-E...

[xerces8]

I bitinstant operational?

I got some Internal server errors recently, also the country list sometimes shows just about ten countries.

When it worked, I tried to send from a Bitstamp voucher to MtGox account, but it failed : Bitstamp API failure

Other weird things:
  - the documentation on MtGox says for bitinstant funding that the account number (like 12345) or username (like johny5) should be entered, but the bitinstant page asks for "MtGox Account # (ex. M12345678X) " - I guess the mtgox documentation is outdated?

 - when sending to Bitstamp, it asks for "Account ID or username" , but bitstamp has no username, just account ID (number)

 - I see no way to send to BTC-E (it is not listed in the "Pay to" menu), but the BTC-E site claims it can be funded over Bitinstant. Was this feature removed from bitinstant recently?


Thanks for all answers,
David

[TeqnoHaxor]

- I see no way to send to BTC-E (it is not listed in the "Pay to" menu), but the BTC-E site claims it can be funded over Bitinstant. Was this feature removed from bitinstant recently?

Yeah it was possible at one point apparently, but I've noticed that option is gone for the time being. See my topic here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=183058.0

[xerces8]

On a related note: Is there a way for quick transfer of bitcoins between exchanges?

The normal way (a regular BTC transaction) takes 30 minutes or more, depending on .... stuff.

[TeqnoHaxor]

The only way to speed up transaction confirmations that I know of is to pay a higher mining fee (like 0.001 instead of 0.0005) - but I'm not sure if your wallet controls will allow you to do that from your exchange. Mt.Gox only allows you to use the standard 0.0005

Incidentally, when I first deposited (BTC) in to Mt.Gox, it took almost 40 confirmations (many, many hours) before it appeared in my wallet, which leads me to believe the slow point is not the network confirmations, but rather the exchanges themselves.

[xerces8]

Last time for me it took 5-6 confirmations which was about an hour.

Maybe an idea for bitinstant&co