I know a lot of you have had issues with Cryptsy. I have had them as well. I have used Bter, Vicurex, BTC-e, and others. But by far the best one that I have seen is Cryptsy. Sure they have their issues. But consider this:
Bter: If you have a support issue, o if your coins dissapear, what can you do? You can send an email to support and NEVER hear from them. Why? They are in China and hardly speak any English. The only way to get in contact with them is to use the QQ Instant Message program and use google translator to chat with someone IF you get lucky. Do you want to call them? Good luck finding a phone number. If this Chinese site shut down today and ran off with your money, what would you do?
Vircurex: They run a very nice site. The Volume is low as hell compared to the others. They pay interest on your BTC and LTC balances. For trading I do not suggest them.
BTC-E: Fast as hell and the best of the best. Too bad they don't have DOGE on there. Lets give them hell.
Cryptsy: They are American owned. A big plus for Americans in regards to legal issues. They are working on the USD aspect. They have complied with FINCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Nework) This means they are going by the book to make sure they do everything right. They have live support on the IRC channel and you can even Tweet BigVern with your support ticket. Sure they have their issues but who else has so many currencies to trade? Their server problem sucks I agree but if you are careful using Cryptsy when there is a mad rush for coins like it is with DOGE right now, you can come out all right. That is why I wrote this mini help guide (below) in regards to using Crypsy and to avoid problems. I decided to do it to pass on my experience to noobs and others who were stuck like I was at one point a few months back.
The other exchanges out here are too small to trade actively. If you want to buy some DOGE you can go to any of them and do so. I wonder how many of you people work for other exchanges?
Much Thanks.
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