Cryptomarketplot
Finance and crypto
crypto price data
SHOW HN2018
108points
82comments
#400of 2,155 in 2018
Top 19%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful free API with bid and ask data
From 2 comments
Work in progress! The linked graph are in PDF, and should update every hour soon. The website is made to be fast to read, and give essential information. It should load very…
cryptoplot on HNGood work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
buboard on HN
Clean, fast interface
From 2 comments
Cool UI. How soon till you support all the coins that CoinMarketCap has?
miguelmota on HNCool site! I am liking the non-linear x-axis on the slow zoom graphs. I had never seen those before. I just wonder why the resolution in the month and week part of the graphs is…
jannes on HN
Objections
Covers only about 96 coins, fewer than CoinMarketCap
From 2 comments
Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
buboard on HNCool UI. How soon till you support all the coins that CoinMarketCap has?
miguelmota on HN
Scientific notation makes prices hard to read
From 2 comments
Why the scientific notation? ``` 3.436e3 $/BTC now ```
anonfunction on HNAnd between 0.00000123, 0.000123, 0.0000123 you are sure which one is which without effort? I can't
cryptoplot on HN
Data averaging method is unclear and mean is a weak choice
From 2 comments
>The numbers come from a large sample of exchanges Disclose the method and source "average price on last calendar" Average is a bad function to minimize error between expected…
DINKDINK on HN>we assume the Law of Large Number apply Null hypothesis mandates you make no such assumption. Even if you did, a gaussian distribution assumes variable independence which…
DINKDINK on HN
Site lacks HTTPS by default
From 2 comments
Cool site! but: Get an SSL certificate so you serve over https https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/ "But I don't need a SSL...." Here's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS…
DINKDINK on HNWhy is it better to let people choose? That implies there is a downside to https:// or a reason some people prefer http:// -- can you elaborate? If you type just the domain name…
gregmac on HN
Requests
Add more coins
From 2 comments
Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
buboard on HNCool UI. How soon till you support all the coins that CoinMarketCap has?
miguelmota on HN
Historical API access
From 2 comments
I'd love historical API access!
mewwts on HNYou could offer historical data for a 1 time fee.
mewwts on HN
Percent change fields like the old CMC API
From 1 comment
Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
buboard on HN
Market cap data
From 1 comment
Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
buboard on HN
Questions
How is the data sourced and aggregated
From 1 comment
>The numbers come from a large sample of exchanges Disclose the method and source "average price on last calendar" Average is a bad function to minimize error between expected…
DINKDINK on HN
How long the site will stay online
From 1 comment
Good work! I see 96 coins. Could you add more? Doesn't need to have everything, but at least the couple of hundred popular ones. How long do you plan to keep it online ? Can you…
buboard on HN
Alternatives named
CoinMarketCap
From 2 comments
The real work is to spot the anomalies, so your averages don't deviate from real values and I think that's what makes Coinmarketcap reliable. If you say you made it for hobby,…
h1d on HNPercent change, you mean you want the equivalent from the original CMC JSON: ``` "percent_change_1h": "XXX", "percent_change_24h": "XX", "percent_change_7d": "XX", ``` We can add…
cryptoplot on HN
CoinGecko
From 1 comment
Cofounder at CoinGecko here, congrats on the launch! There are lots of interesting nuggets that you share on the FAQ page which some I do share similar thoughts on. PS: We also…
tmlee on HN
CryptoCompare
From 1 comment
You can also get all the data you want for free from: https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/documentation
zerocool86 on HN
Blockmodo
From 1 comment
This is really cool, great work! I am one of the developers of Blockmodo. It offer realtime data streamed directly from the exchanges via a WebSocket API. Alternatively, you can…
electic on HN