GameOfCoins.de
Games
virtual trading game
SHOW HN2017
83points
50comments
#541of 2,242 in 2017
Top 25%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea and nice execution
From 3 comments
Sqlite in production? Seriously? And Python 2.7... Move to 3.x and PostgreSQL at least ;-) PS. Nice idea
drakmail on HNWhere is IOTA? I want to "buy" it. Keep working on it, its really nice!
luismmolina on HNFun! It would be nice to see what price we bought the currency at in Trade History, plus what our current profit is per currency.
ddgflorida on HN
Would like trade history with buy prices and profit
From 3 comments
Great idea, now I can see how I would suck about making the right coin choices! How about also showing the buying price to make it more apparent for me? :) Also, something to…
egeozcan on HNFun! It would be nice to see what price we bought the currency at in Trade History, plus what our current profit is per currency.
ddgflorida on HNwould be nice to track my trade history so i can see when i'm up or down on an particular coin
hayksaakian on HN
Objections
Buying does not affect market prices, so profits are unrealistic
From 2 comments
You can make much more profit trading here than is actually possible, because buying virtually won't affect the market.
Geee on HNYes it should take into account the trade volume and if you buy a significant amount there should be a penalty fee to emulate this somewhat.
Tepix on HN
Server errors and database locking
From 3 comments
Great idea, now I can see how I would suck about making the right coin choices! How about also showing the buying price to make it more apparent for me? :) Also, something to…
egeozcan on HNNeat project; I'm starting to think that most of these sites, and services that gamify crypto-speculating are training models around user behavior/mimicking trades. Also, it…
Keeeeeeeks on HNGetting 500 server error when trying to buy a cryptocoin.
Tepix on HN
Requires Twitter login and landing page lacks explanation
From 2 comments
Not sure if this is a nice idea, a nice execution, or nothing at all. There was a HN post not too long ago on "please tell us what you do first thing". Guess you should (re)read…
bastijn on HNYou didn't offend, no worries. I understood what you meant. I just included it as a minor, not well understood it seems from the downvotes, joke to take the edge of the comment.…
bastijn on HN
Possible security issues such as a hacked portfolio and race condition
From 1 comment
Someone seems to have hacked it already: https://gameofcoins.de/portfolio/bury Race condition?
Retr0spectrum on HN
Requests
Show buy price and profit per coin
From 2 comments
Great idea, now I can see how I would suck about making the right coin choices! How about also showing the buying price to make it more apparent for me? :) Also, something to…
egeozcan on HNFun! It would be nice to see what price we bought the currency at in Trade History, plus what our current profit is per currency.
ddgflorida on HN
Trade history tracking
From 2 comments
would be nice to track my trade history so i can see when i'm up or down on an particular coin
hayksaakian on HNIt should now be implemented ;) .. half of it lol
eralpb on HN
Add more coins such as IOTA
From 2 comments
Where is IOTA? I want to "buy" it. Keep working on it, its really nice!
luismmolina on HNIt is interesting that IOTA is missing.. because I already query 1300 coins. Let me check what is wrong :)
eralpb on HN
Allow short selling
From 1 comment
Can't go short? nobody can make returns on a down day except possibly selling back to USD?
ringaroundthetx on HN
Exact amount input instead of slider
From 1 comment
Why the .de domain? Feature request: Let me input exact amounts instead of only via the slider.
Sujan on HN
Questions
Why the .de domain
From 1 comment
Why the .de domain? Feature request: Let me input exact amounts instead of only via the slider.
Sujan on HN
Does the site reveal its stack
From 2 comments
how did you come to know which stack, the app is using..
fazkan on HNthis makes sense...but still he knows which database you are using. I dont think debug errors give that information. Or does it???
fazkan on HN
Alternatives named
eToro virtual mode
From 1 comment
I didn't want to convert this to a full-fledged trading platform with Stop Losses and orders etc. it requires too much effort. but if you want to test that I can recommend you…
eralpb on HN
CryptoGround
From 1 comment
Wow we are competitors: https://www.cryptoground.com/
techaddict009 on HN
Wappalyzer for stack detection
From 1 comment
wappalyzer is also good[1]. 1. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wappalyzer/gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg?hl=en
binora on HN