Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion

[RationalSpeculator]

Some of us don't have MS Paint.  It requires you pay for your OS and give up your security and freedom.

I don't mind paying for something.

I feel less free on Linux or Apple.

Security is weaker on windows but to have the security linux offers is not for free. It comes at a high time/knowledge/discomfort price.  

[notme]

It comes at a high time/knowledge/discomfort price.  

Trust me, that's only because you learned Windows first.  When I use Windows, it always takes me 10x longer to accomplish any task than on my Linux box.

[spooderman]

Erm....anyone noticed that btcguild has about 48% of the hashpower??

[adamstgBit]

Erm....anyone noticed that btcguild has about 48% of the hashpower??

ya ok for today...

tomorrow someone else will get 48% hashing power

is hashing power every going to stop increasing at such an alarming rate? idk, i think 10 to 100X faster asics are just around the corner lol! i shouldn't of bought so many mining contracts 

[solex]

Erm....anyone noticed that btcguild has about 48% of the hashpower??

That's wrong. It is currently 33%, down from 40% a couple of months ago

http://blockorigin.pfoe.be/chart.php

[Richy_T]

Hi guys. Sorry about ChartBuddy. I've been up in the hills of TN chasing around some real bears and trying to avoid techy stuff. Of course, this would naturally be the time that my hosting funds run out and my email fails, causing me to miss the notifications that my hosting funds have run out.

I'll put a few coins in the meter and then we should have some green & red goodness back online.

[keewee]

Erm....anyone noticed that btcguild has about 48% of the hashpower??

That's wrong. It is currently 33%, down from 40% a couple of months ago

http://blockorigin.pfoe.be/chart.php

33% is more like it. Blockchain.info states the total hashrate at 998Th/s and the front page of BTCGuild shows 353Th/s which is 35%

[Richy_T]

OK. The ChartBuddy stuff should be back anytime an admin wants to re-enable him. Turns out he's draining my pockets kind of quickly so probably expect to see some changes shortly. Nothing that should affect most people but most likely older charts will not be available for long (Though I will still be archiving Gox data) and pre-scaled charts in the posts (good for everyone)

[01BTC10]

OK. The ChartBuddy stuff should be back anytime an admin wants to re-enable him. Turns out he's draining my pockets kind of quickly so probably expect to see some changes shortly. Nothing that should affect most people but most likely older charts will not be available for long (Though I will still be archiving Gox data) and pre-scaled charts in the posts (good for everyone)

Why not use imgur for hosting?

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# imgur script by Bart Nagel <bart@tremby.net>
# version 4
# I release this into the public domain. Do with it what you will.

# Required: curl
#
# Optional: xsel or xclip for automatically putting the URLs on the X selection 
# for easy pasting
#
# Instructions:
# Put it somewhere in your path and maybe rename it:
# 	mv ~/Downloads/imgurbash.sh ~/bin/imgur
# Make it executable:
# 	chmod +x ~/bin/imgur
# Optional, since Alan kindly provided an API key for this script: stick your 
# API key in the top:
# 	vim ~/bin/imgur
# Upload an image:
# 	imgur images/hilarious/manfallingover.jpg
# Upload multiple images:
# 	imgur images/delicious/cake.png images/exciting/bungeejump.jpg
# The URLs will be displayed (and the delete page's URLs will be displayed on 
# stderr). If you have xsel or xclip the URLs will also be put on the X 
# selection, which you can usually paste with a middle click.

# API Key provided by Alan@imgur.com
apikey="b3625162d3418ac51a9ee805b1840452"

# function to output usage instructions
function usage {
	echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <filename> [<filename> [...]]" >&2
	echo "Upload images to imgur and output their new URLs to stdout. Each one's" >&2
	echo "delete page is output to stderr between the view URLs." >&2
	echo "If xsel or xclip is available, the URLs are put on the X selection for" >&2
	echo "easy pasting." >&2
}

# check API key has been entered
if [ "$apikey" = "Your API key" ]; then
	echo "You first need to edit the script and put your API key in the variable near the top." >&2
	exit 15
fi

# check arguments
if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ]; then
	usage
	exit 0
elif [ $# == 0 ]; then
	echo "No file specified" >&2
	usage
	exit 16
fi

# check curl is available
type curl >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || {
	echo "Couln't find curl, which is required." >&2
	exit 17
}

clip=""
errors=false

# loop through arguments
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
	file="$1"
	shift

	# check file exists
	if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
		echo "file '$file' doesn't exist, skipping" >&2
		errors=true
		continue
	fi

	# upload the image
	response=$(curl -F "key=$apikey" -H "Expect: " -F "image=@$file" \
		http://imgur.com/api/upload.xml 2>/dev/null)
	# the "Expect: " header is to get around a problem when using this through 
	# the Squid proxy. Not sure if it's a Squid bug or what.
	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
		echo "Upload failed" >&2
		errors=true
		continue
	elif [ $(echo $response | grep -c "<error_msg>") -gt 0 ]; then
		echo "Error message from imgur:" >&2
		echo $response | sed -r 's/.*<error_msg>(.*)<\/error_msg>.*/\1/' >&2
		errors=true
		continue
	fi

	# parse the response and output our stuff
	url=$(echo $response | sed -r 's/.*<original_image>(.*)<\/original_image>.*/\1/')
	deleteurl=$(echo $response | sed -r 's/.*<delete_page>(.*)<\/delete_page>.*/\1/')
	echo $url
	echo "Delete page: $deleteurl" >&2

	# append the URL to a string so we can put them all on the clipboard later
	clip="$clip$url
"
done

# put the URLs on the clipboard if we have xsel or xclip
if [ $DISPLAY ]; then
	{ type xsel >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo -n $clip | xsel; } \
		|| { type xclip >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo -n $clip | xclip; } \
		|| echo "Haven't copied to the clipboard: no xsel or xclip" >&2
else
	echo "Haven't copied to the clipboard: no \$DISPLAY" >&2
fi

if $errors; then
	exit 1
fi

[Walsoraj]

It comes at a high time/knowledge/discomfort price.  

Trust me, that's only because you learned Windows first.  When I use Windows, it always takes me 10x longer to accomplish any task than on my Linux box.

Why would I trust you when you are obviously lying/full of shit?

[Richy_T]

Why not use imgur for hosting?

No idea. I doubt they'd put up with it but I'll take a look.

[Walsoraj]

Gox approaching 5,000 24hr volume. lulz, btc = dead.

[derpinheimer]

Gox approaching 5,000 24hr volume. lulz, btc = dead.

its weird.. just about a month ago 25k was the normal "low"

30k being the average daily volume

[Walsoraj]

Gox approaching 5,000 24hr volume. lulz, btc = dead.

its weird.. just about a month ago 25k was the normal "low"

30k being the average daily volume

What? 30k was NOT the average. that was a high, usually once a week IF THAT.

50k daily was normal pre-April crash. In the weeks leading up to the crash we had over 100k daily. Peaked over 550k.

NO ONE IS INTERESTED AT THESE PRICES (but the bots).

[arklan]

Seems to me like the amount of value being traded has, when you take into account prices, increased. I mean 50k coins at $10 each is less then 5k at $130.

[Walsoraj]

Seems to me like the amount of value being traded has, when you take into account prices, increased. I mean 50k coins at $10 each is less then 5k at $130.

Yea and?

No trading = dead market.

[N12]

Seems to me like the amount of value being traded has, when you take into account prices, increased. I mean 50k coins at $10 each is less then 5k at $130.

Which is already reflected in the higher price. IMO BTC volume is the appropriate indicator.

[derpinheimer]

Gox approaching 5,000 24hr volume. lulz, btc = dead.

its weird.. just about a month ago 25k was the normal "low"

30k being the average daily volume

What? 30k was NOT the average. that was a high, usually once a week IF THAT.

50k daily was normal pre-April crash. In the weeks leading up to the crash we had over 100k daily. Peaked over 550k.

NO ONE IS INTERESTED AT THESE PRICES (but the bots).

Was it really? I could have sworn every time I checked volume it was like 30k.

[Walsoraj]

Gox approaching 5,000 24hr volume. lulz, btc = dead.

its weird.. just about a month ago 25k was the normal "low"

30k being the average daily volume

What? 30k was NOT the average. that was a high, usually once a week IF THAT.

50k daily was normal pre-April crash. In the weeks leading up to the crash we had over 100k daily. Peaked over 550k.

NO ONE IS INTERESTED AT THESE PRICES (but the bots).

Was it really? I could have sworn every time I checked volume it was like 30k.

http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/

Set the period to D1 (daily). The volume was fucking PATHETIC all summer. total joke. Bots are floating this failboat.

[Rampion]

Seems to me like the amount of value being traded has, when you take into account prices, increased. I mean 50k coins at $10 each is less then 5k at $130.

Which is already reflected in the higher price. IMO BTC volume is the appropriate indicator.

Agreed. And we are preaching an all time low in terms of coin supply at Gox. It looks to me that there's very little new fiat going to Gox, and very little coins being offered.