Hi all!
I have just started to build a calculator that converts any amount of BTC to its equivalent price in USD. Also USD to BTC.
Like i said, i am just beginning to code this website, it only supports USD for now.
I need suggestions for which exchange currencies to add, just few important ones.
Also, since i am new to bitcoin, what other data is must necessary to be provided to end users.
I am studied few APIs, if you have any idea, I also need help to choose the best API.
The hyperlink is
http://bitcoincalculator.coI will post updates when available.
Thanks
Bitcoinaverage is fine if you want to give a global rate, you can use different rates from different exchanges and let the users choose. It would be interesting to do a cron job to get an update of the price every minute and use it instead of sending a query on user side.
You should know that using bitcoin average means that in the case someone dumps bitcoin on a low volume exchange, you will get a fake rate, you should use the exchanges directly, here is a small list :
2 Bitfinex BTC/USD $246,667,000 $4033.70 6.54% Recently
8 Bitstamp BTC/USD $95,266,300 $4029.13 2.53% Recently
10 GDAX BTC/USD $88,622,400 $4047.97 2.35% Recently
13 Gemini BTC/USD $68,539,600 $4054.49 1.82% Recently
22 Kraken BTC/USD $41,966,200 $4065.99 1.11% Recently
31 itBit BTC/USD $19,859,900 $4021.90 0.53% Recently
34 BTCC BTC/USD $17,222,400 $4149.99 0.46% Recently
52 CoinsBank BTC/USD $8,225,240 $3921.11 0.22% Recently
61 HitBTC BTC/USD $6,678,150 $4036.67 0.18% Recently
65 CEX.IO BTC/USD $6,003,540 $4192.98 0.16% Recently
70 Gatecoin BTC/USD $5,597,830 $4100.10 0.15% Recently
90 BTC-X BTC/USD $3,886,170 $4050.54 0.10% Recently
98 xBTCe BTC/USD $3,540,630 $4023.40 0.09% Recently
103 OkCoin Intl. BTC/USD $3,205,990 $4318.52 0.08% Recently
118 BitBays BTC/USD $2,450,310 $4109.53 0.06% Recently
133 Livecoin BTC/USD $2,081,400 $4050.00 0.06% Recently
173 USD X BTC/USD $1,193,340 $3924.12 0.03% Recently
181 BTC Alpha BTC/USD $1,070,170 $4035.00 0.03% Recently
183 Exmo BTC/USD $1,058,320 $4015.00 0.03% Recently
194 Gatehub BTC/USD $934,840 $3968.81 0.02% Recently
210 DCExchange BTC/USD $688,478 $4057.30 0.02% Recently
230 Bitstamp (Ripple Gateway) BTC/USD $591,542 $3852.28 0.02% Recently
261 QuadrigaCX BTC/USD $450,369 $4149.99 0.01% Recently
297 YoBit BTC/USD $276,304 $4080.52 0.01% Recently
328 Lykke Exchange BTC/USD $215,453 $4178.93 0.01% Recently
335 Bitex.la BTC/USD $200,568 $4050.00 0.01% Recently
344 Fargobase BTC/USD $187,327 $4429.57 0.00% Recently
380 LocalTrade BTC/USD $129,236 $4101.00 0.00% Recently
390 BitMEX BTC/USD ** $365,317,000 $4050.60 0.00% Recently
398 Quoine BTC/USD ** $277,953 $4061.68 0.00% Recently
I got it from coinmarketcap, you can also directly use them to get an average rate.
Regarding the features, maybe you can add different currencies and widgets.