Topic: BTC-E vs GOX? (Read 1425 times)

I haven't had any issues with CampBX.  Transfers from Dwolla take 25¢ and go through almost immediately (except for the first transfer for new accounts).  Getting $ into Dwolla can take a few days, however.

coinbase has been rock solid for me even though ir's still Beta...thanks

Just remember to always stash your coins in your qt, not an exchange, but I prefer btc-e and coinbase.

I use localbitcoins.com . found few users there who have the same bank as me and some live 20 min walk from my house. buying / selling btc has never been easier for me. Yes i pay the 2% above mtgox price. but imo its worth it instead of waiting like a sheep for coinbase mtgox or whatever you want to use.

Kiders @ localbitcoins.com hit me up if u need something

Ive used BTC-E for doing cross currency and it seems ok. One thing that is a little annoying is the 3 day wait on withdrawals for new accounts but i guess it cant be helped.

Only BTC-E for LTC trading.

I am looking for European Exchange ( trusted ). Thx for advise

I like BTC-E interface more, but Gox have most of bitcoins volume

Same here. When I need to buy or sell LTC, I go there.

I think the big problem is getting money into bitcoins. It seems risky trying anything other than mtgox, but then it's hard/expensive to get money into mtgox

I use BTC-E for cross-crypto exchanging as it is one of the few exchanges that supports Litecoin, Namecoin.

-availability
-troll box (damn, Grover was faster)

I trade at both exchanges, even as much as I dislike Gox, and Gox is a 51% attack on BTC.  I think a crowd sourced co-op type exchange must be created for BTC to function fairly and freely.

BTCe is more fun than Gox due to the greatness of the trollbox.  I'm sorry for the people who lost their money due to a data mine type hack.

Gox has just as many issues as BTCe.  Gox lures people to put money into Gox then slams them with their BS KYC stuff.  If you don't send them (who ever they are) your info then all your coin/cash are gone, and I believe Gox considers it theirs after a few months, maybe 6.

Also, if you notice Gox's order entry is BS.  When you enter a sell the BTC is not removed from your available funds, that means there is nothing backing a sell order, just as there's nothing backing a buy order.  

So the quick among you will think, so what?  When it sells the coin or cash will be removed.

Ahh not so fast.  

What that means is anyone can enter whatever bids/asks they want for any coin or fiat amount to game the walls, and thus game the metrics used by bots and us lowly people who use charts.  I'm pretty sure if I wanted I could enter a sell order for 5000BTC on Gox at 99.99, or any dollar amount and it will show in the system as a valid sell order because there is nothing required in an account to back up the order.


Until my dream is realized for a crowd sourced not for profit exchange then from the looks of it the exchange of the future will be Kraken.
https://www.kraken.com/
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-krakencom-us-based-exchange-w-margin-trading-159974.

They may still be looking for beta testers just look at the thread on the forum and find out or do a search for kraken.

vote btc 

Ok, could you post here a wish list for ideal BTC Exchange?

You also must consider the fact that btc-e trades a fraction of the volume and a fraction of the depth of book that gox does.  btc-e has a more limited api (in my opinion) for custom interfaces.  But then, gox's website simply is really poor, both in design and functionality.  Trying to place an order on their website is sketchy as the entry box for price updates as trades occur, causing you to loose where you were typing and potentially introducing errors to someone trying to type fast and hit buy/sell.  Neither exchange supports trading methods which are considered fairly necessary on any true currency exchange, and there is a significant lack of protections in place.

Basically, both are what I'd call "trade and pray", that your order goes in at the level you requested in a reasonable time frame, and that you got matched if touched.

Well I started a few days ago. 100 bucks got swallowed up by Bitfloor after i used locatill and they they shut down without sending me an again.

Tried virvox and I don't see my bit coins yet. I wish someone would just sell me bitcoins through paypal or amazon or something

i find it much easier to move funds into mtgox than btce

I would definitely use BTC-e...while it is much harder to get cash in, it works a lot better than gox and I really like the format a lot better too

Anyone know when Gox is going to add LTC?