CoinChoose - alternative site to show respective profitability of the alt coins

[litecoin_messiah]

Can you add Lebowskis to coinchoose.com please, (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260311.0)

Thanks

[Petr1fied]

Well, it may be a stupid question, but could someone please explain what all those strange (at least for me) numbers like 1.37E-5 mean? How the fuck to read them on the spot?

It's scientific notation, E-5 means you need to move the value 5 places to the right so 1.37E-5 = 0.0000137

Scientific notation is not really that easy to compare at a glance but this could be easily changed to display in standard notation if sal002 passed the value through the number_format() function. eg:

Code:

<?php

$value=1.37E-5;

echo number_format($value, 8);

?>

Result:

Code:

0.00001370

Or additionally removing unnecessary trailing zeros:

Code:

<?php

$value=1.37E-5;

echo rtrim(number_format($value, 8), 0);

?>

Result:

Code:

0.0000137

[digitalindustry]

Actually - that could be a really cool and universal pricing method in the future for Crypto -?


Coffee 1.2e5 BTC

Cake - 1.0e3 LTC

Bike - 1.3e2 NBL 

Car  - 22 Caps
{with laser rifle hidden under seat}

[Petr1fied]

Actually - that could be a really cool and universal pricing method in the future for Crypto -?


Coffee 1.2e5 BTC

Cake - 1.0e3 LTC

Bike - 1.3e2 NBL  

Car  - 22 Caps
{with laser rifle hidden under seat}

Don't forget the negative symbol as you need to move the decimal point in the opposite direction for values raised to a positive power. 120,000 BTC is one pricey cup of coffee.

Scientific notation is usually displayed more like this:
1.2 x 10⁵ (raised to a positive power) = 120,000
1.2 x 10^-5 (raised to a negative power) = 0.000012

It's just easier in programming terms to use En to represent x 10ⁿ

[digitalindustry]

Actually - that could be a really cool and universal pricing method in the future for Crypto -?


Coffee 1.2e5 BTC

Cake - 1.0e3 LTC

Bike - 1.3e2 NBL  

Car  - 22 Caps
{with laser rifle hidden under seat}

Don't forget the negative symbol as you need to move the decimal point in the opposite direction for values raised to a positive power. 120,000 BTC is one pricey cup of coffee.

Scientific notation is usually displayed more like this:
1.2 x 10⁵ (raised to a positive power) = 120,000
1.2 x 10^-5 (raised to a negative power) = 0.000012

It's just easier in programming terms to use En to represent x 10ⁿ

Yes I understand it well  , but it's more logical to simplify it , obviously if it goes positive its positive , so the minus is not needed , and as it is a symbolic notation , for a price , not science , it could still work .  

The point is you just want people to have to visualize zeros ,  so even  "Bike 1.3z4 "

So that just says " add 4 zeros to the front "  

I'm willing to bet that most people don't know scientific notation , so its just as easy to try to make something new and more simple .

I was top of class electronics , didn't pursue it as a trade. Except for here and there .

[Makitaki]

It's scientific notation, E-5 means you need to move the value 5 places to the right so 1.37E-5 = 0.0000137

Cool! Thanks a lot for the explanation. 

[sal002]

I'll clear up the formatting today.  The PHP function I was using was doing that silly notation....

[bitcoindigi]

a really nice site, OP.

[toruonu]

It seems MemeCoin is stuck at 0.098 difficulty for quite some time while the real coin has been fluctuating between 0.16..0.32 in reality making it ca 2-2.5x less profitable. The block count is way down too on the coinchoose.com. Right now MemeCoin:

    "blocks" : 156717,
    "difficulty" : 0.20253732,

which makes it ~2x less profitable or ~ equal to LTC without taking into account orphans (which are a cool 30%).

[rammy2k2]

a very good feature to the site would be that user can filter what coins he wants to be displayed, all, sha256 or scrypt.

[ohiwastedmylif]

Why is coinchoose missing like 50% of the coins now?

[sal002]

Why is coinchoose missing like 50% of the coins now?

ARGH!! Nothing from Cryptsy right now!!!  I hate that site

[ohiwastedmylif]

Why is coinchoose missing like 50% of the coins now?

ARGH!! Nothing from Cryptsy right now!!!  I hate that site

Ahhh, I see. Thanks.

[sal002]

Why is coinchoose missing like 50% of the coins now?

ARGH!! Nothing from Cryptsy right now!!!  I hate that site

Ahhh, I see. Thanks.

API changes from Cryptsy - should be good now (thanks Bigvern!)

[Nemo1024]

Why is coinchoose missing like 50% of the coins now?

Sal002, how about that suggestion of mine re sending/displaying stale data and flagging it as such, with a timestamp show when the last good update took place? You would avoid quite a lot of questions like the one above, if you implemented it.

[Tranz]

Great site!

I have noticed the NVC % is inflated a bit, as the rewards per block is too high. At least it doesn't match what I see other places.

[iGotSpots]

Love the site.

Spots is on coins-e now

https://www.coins-e.com/exchange/spt_BTC

Thanks

[z0rr0]

Sal, NVC block reward is variable, depending on PoW difficulty (I guess), plus your site doesnt show network hashrate for NVC.
You sould consult Balthazar concerning this questions/parameters, as he is the creator of this coin.

[Taxidermista]

I don't understand discrepancies between LTC and BTC lists. FLORIN coin is right now first in the LTC list with 132% adjusted profitability but is at the botton of BTC list with 12% adjusted profitability. Diff is the same in both lists. That makes no sense at all.

[captainfuture]

I don't understand discrepancies between LTC and BTC lists. FLORIN coin is right now first in the LTC list with 132% adjusted profitability but is at the botton of BTC list with 12% adjusted profitability. Diff is the same in both lists. That makes no sense at all.

that does make sense.
so i would sell them for ltcs