www.BITSTAMP.net Bitcoin exchange site for USD/BTC

[realme]

I hear that MtGox own bitcoincharts.com

They seem to have killed Bitstamp's stats. Must be very worried!

http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/

What's the reason?


@Loozik, yes great ideas and questions.

[bernard75]

I hear that MtGox own bitcoincharts.com

They seem to have killed Bitstamp's stats. Must be very worried!

http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/

What's the reason?

They are too busy counting their money instead of fixing the API.

[Loozik]

Bitstamp,

1. Do you plan to add your data feed to this free charting service, just like MtGox did a few months ago? https://www.tradingview.com/e/?symbol=MTGOX:BTCUSD#

2. Do you plan to hook your data feed and trading gateway to Metatrader, MultiCharts, NinjaTrader (BTC-e is close to adapting Metatrader) or any other charting&trading front-end of satisfactory quality?

3. Are there any plans on your end to sell your data feed to customers through market data companies like this? http://www.iqfeed.net/

Thanks

great ideas and questions

Re. 1. At least hooking Bitstamp's data to tradingview would add-value Bitstamp's offering. I use bitcoinwisdom to look at Bitstamp's chart - the problem is that drawing trendlines is impossible on bitcoinwisdom and limited periodicities are possible there. Tradingview to the best of my knowledge is free for Bitstamp - I can't understand why they have done nothing to avail their data to this service.

Re. 2. The average bitcoiner is not rich. The average bitcoiner buys and holds. Forex and futures traders are much richer and they transact more frequently. Adding widely used platforms would bring many rich traders to Bitstamp (rich traders are lazy and do not want to use unknown robots or bother to log into Bitstamp's website to place a trade). This would result in better liquidity, lower spreads and higher income for Bitstamp (more richer customers who transact more frequently than the average bitcoiner).

Re. 3. Selling data is a piece of cake. It can even generate some financial benefits for Bitstamp (cash revenue + lower costs of data centers). Just look here http://www.iqfeed.net/index.cfm?displayaction=data&section=software#products By selling the data through IQfeed, Bitstamp could get access to tens of front-ends used by tens of thousands of traders all over the world.

[xeverse]

Re. 3. Selling data is a piece of cake.

Hey, you must be crazy about those cakes..
This just isn't gonna happen ever. Because
the bitcoin market datafeed wants to be free!
In honor of the foss project spirit.
This really should be defined by the license..

Actually they even should charge flat fees
instead of volume based percentage. Which
only ultimately causes inherent market instability.
When bitcoin reach 1k or 10k what's gonna be
the minimum bid/ask spread? 10 and 100?
No wonder the mkt crushed back then..

They only do it these days because
ppl are willing to pay such high price..

[Loozik]

Re. 3. Selling data is a piece of cake.

the bitcoin market datafeed wants to be free!

Does the data feed have a free will then?

[xeverse]

Re. 3. Selling data is a piece of cake.

the bitcoin market datafeed wants to be free!

Does the data feed have a free will then?

It will have a free will, soon enough..
I call it CI: collective intelligence..

[hazek]

API KEYS IMPLEMENTED

The Bitstamp team is pleased to announce that we implemented the API key feature.

To access the settings for API access simply go to "Account" and select "Security" from the side menu. Click "API Access" and select from a variety of Permissions for your API key.

You can now select between two different filters which you can use separately or combine them for maximum security; you can either lock your access to a specific IP address or lock bitcoin withdrawals to a specific Bitcoin address.

Please be advised that our old API access will no longer be available after 31st October 2013.

[Remember remember the 5th of November]

You just lost a customer! I will not be verifying, furthermore you will block bitcoin and bank transactions on your website after the 30th of September, good luck(sarcasm).

[Alpaca Bob]

Yeah why did you decide to block bitcoin withdrawals? I have used Bitstamp a lot, and have recommended it to several people, but that does not sit well with me...

[8fold]

Thank you for finally adding the API keys. They were much awaited for!

And what is this thing people hear about blocking bitcoin withdrawals?


Thank you!

[PrintMule]

Are sepa withdrawals ok lately? Thinking of making one again, hoping it will go as smooth as last one.

[joesmoe2012]

Are sepa withdrawals ok lately? Thinking of making one again, hoping it will go as smooth as last one.

Haven't ever heard any delays in the past...be sure to post back if its delayed.

[bernard75]

@bitstamp
Could you comment on this?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/26/slovenia-banks-idUSL5N0HM20D20130926

[windjc]

So I attempted my first Bitcoin withdrawl from Bitstamp today to my blockchain wallet and it "failed" twice, despite my email confirmation.

Not a good start. I would love some guidance on this. I had assumed, perhaps falsely that it was pretty easy to withdraw bticoins to my online wallet.

[Prinz]

How long does the verification take? I'm waiting now for over 3,5 weeks...

[LordNacho]

Can you provide a little bit more documentation? I'm trying to change my code to suit your HMAC256, but I keep getting an "invalid signature" error. How about provided an example inputs/output strings?

[genuise]

Does bitstamp still supports socket.io api?

tried to implement simple connections as describied earlier in this thread here

connection is established but nothing no messages eaither on message, trade or orders.

Can anybody advice?

[San1ty]

The API is very weak when not even MKT Orders are supported. Who cares about LMT?

[GodHatesFigs]

How long does the verification take? I'm waiting now for over 3,5 weeks...

Fewer than 24 hours for me in the UK.

[makebitcoin]

Any thoughts on accepting Neteller and Moneybookers for deposits/withdrawals?