I'm going for sure to buy a batch of ASICMINER shares. I didn't buy before because I saw there are still a lot of shares available both at Bitfunder and BTCT so I have plenty of time to make a decission and don't choose the "wrong" exchanger. I'd like to say that given the conditions in both xchangers I didn't see any advantage in using BTCT instead of BF as it is obvious.
But that said, in case of equal conditions I will choose BTCT because of balancing my stock assets, and also because I think that BTCT has globaly less volume and I think that is good for the community to balance it. Just wanted to let you know
I appreciate your input, thank you!
Doing a quick off the top of my head exchange comparison I guess isn't too OT given the question of where to go:
There are numerous benefits to btct.co, some more subtle than others. The most obvious are probably the lower tx fees and moderation system for approvals. I haven't found on BF where I can download full account history, btct.co has it available as CSV's. I'm not sure about where BF is with their API, but I am certain we went the right direction with open JSON for market info and OAuth for trading. (you could run your own personal trading site on it.) On btct.co all your trades, notifications, dividends, withdrawals, motions, etc, you can get a copy via email. (this, imho is essential to good security) On btct.co you can use Yubikey for 2-Factor, in addition to google authenticator. BF doesn't seem to do 2-Factor on trades. Edit/Add: On the btct.co side; motions, full prospectus support, and public portfolio support. (for when you need to prove you hold something)
I love BF's scalable graphs and paginated trade history. The look and feel of everything is very clean. I have mixed feelings about the weexchange requirement for deposits and withdrawals. (not going to critique it here.) Ukto is very committed to the platform and has shown good development aptitude. The future is definitely bright for BF. My biggest concern is going to be that it's one guy making the call for what gets approved and what does not. This is not a claim that quality is better one side or the other. Just that at my core, I believe that two (or more) heads are better than one. The btct.co moderation system definitely could be improved upon. Edit/Add: The BF ticketing system is also really nice. I like that you can see your tickets on the site, btct.co does not have a built-in ticketing system.
I have confidence that both platforms will succeed though because each is unique in distinctive ways.
Of course, I've tried to be objective here, but it's very hard.
I definitely encourage investors to check out all their available options!