Topic: Some Exchange Questions (0.25 btc bounty offered) (Read 843 times)
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I numbered your questions so I can refer to them more easily:
1. A complete list of all exchanges alongside their daily volume and total percentage share of currency exchange's market volume
2. A list of all exchanges that have shutdown and reasons why
3. A list of all local trading hubs such as localbitcoins and their daily volume
4. Historical data on price (if it exists) on the exchanges
5. A list of all websites and projects that are aggregating something similar to this list
6. API documentation for the exchanges
7. If a commercial entity is involved in this space, then a reference to them
I think there might be some problems with your questions:
That said, here are the answers (as far as possible) for the top 5 USD exchanges (based on trading volume as reported on http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/). This is not a complete list, but it will give a good picture/overview of the exchange market. I hope this is what you are looking for.
1. A list of the big 5 exchanges (data from bitcoincharts.com):
As you can see, these 5 exchanges make up roughly 99.96% of the total trading volume (at least the volume listed on bitcoincharts).
2. A few (big) exchanges that have shutdown:
3. Local trading hubs (no mention of daily volume):
4. The history of price for the exchanges can be found on several sites:
5. A list of all websites and projects that are aggregating something similar to this list:
6. API documentation:
7. If a commercial entity is involved in this space, then a reference to them
As far as I know there is no commercial entity doing this kind of aggregation.
1. A complete list of all exchanges alongside their daily volume and total percentage share of currency exchange's market volume
2. A list of all exchanges that have shutdown and reasons why
3. A list of all local trading hubs such as localbitcoins and their daily volume
4. Historical data on price (if it exists) on the exchanges
5. A list of all websites and projects that are aggregating something similar to this list
6. API documentation for the exchanges
7. If a commercial entity is involved in this space, then a reference to them
I think there might be some problems with your questions:
- 1. This is a very very large list, depending on which fiat currencies you include. This results in a lot of work (read hours and hours) when answering questions 4 en 6. Do you want data for all existing exchanges, or might it be an idea to narrow it down to the big 5?
- 3. The trading volume for local trading is hard to find, because a lot of the transactions originating from those sites will be set up through private messaging or in real life.
- 5. Would these sites not defeat the purpose of this list (or at least questions 1 and 4)?
That said, here are the answers (as far as possible) for the top 5 USD exchanges (based on trading volume as reported on http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/). This is not a complete list, but it will give a good picture/overview of the exchange market. I hope this is what you are looking for.
1. A list of the big 5 exchanges (data from bitcoincharts.com):
| Exchange (USD) | Volume (BTC) | Trading volume % |
| Mt. Gox | 95,419 | 82.65 |
| BitStamp | 12,990 | 11.25 |
| BTC-E | 6,162 | 5.34 |
| Camp BX | 801 | 0.69 |
| Vircurex | 39 | 0.03 |
As you can see, these 5 exchanges make up roughly 99.96% of the total trading volume (at least the volume listed on bitcoincharts).
2. A few (big) exchanges that have shutdown:
- Bitcoin-24 - Closed because german and polish autoristies seized the bank accounts. At the same time a bug in the trading engine awarded incorrect amounts of bitcoin to traders. See their homepage (https://bitcoin-24.com/) for details and current status.
- Bitfloor - Was hacked, later closed because bank account got closed. More information is available on their homepage: https://bitfloor.com/.
- Global Bitcoin Stock Exchange - Legal trouble (ALM, tax and regulations) (see this blogpost for more details: http://bitcoinmagazine.com/global-bitcoin-stock-exchange-shuts-down-for-good/).
3. Local trading hubs (no mention of daily volume):
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/In_Person_Traders - A map with local buyers and sellers
- http://tradebitcoin.com/ - A map with local buyers and sellers
- http://btcnearme.com/ - Hooks up buyers and sellers via e-mail
- https://localbitcoins.com/ - Searchable directory of local buyers and sellers
- http://btcspot.com/ - Searchable directory of local buyers and sellers
- http://bcchanger.com/ - Connects persons selling and buying bitcoins online
4. The history of price for the exchanges can be found on several sites:
- http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/currency/USD.html
- http://bitcoinity.org/markets
- http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com
5. A list of all websites and projects that are aggregating something similar to this list:
6. API documentation:
- Mt. Gox - https://classic.mtgox.com/support/tradeAPI
- BitStamp - https://www.bitstamp.net/api/
- BTC-E - https://btc-e.com/api/documentation
- Camp BX - https://campbx.com/api.php
- Vircurex - https://vircurex.com/welcome/api
7. If a commercial entity is involved in this space, then a reference to them
As far as I know there is no commercial entity doing this kind of aggregation.
I'm in the process of collecting some raw data on Bitcoin exchanges and I have a few questions that I hope this community can answer for a bounty.
I need a list of the following:
I need a list of the following:
- A complete list of all exchanges alongside their daily volume and total percentage share of currency exchange's market volume
- A list of all exchanges that have shutdown and reasons why
- A list of all local trading hubs such as localbitcoins and their daily volume
- Historical data on price (if it exists) on the exchanges
- A list of all websites and projects that are aggregating something similar to this list
- API documentation for the exchanges
- If a commercial entity is involved in this space, then a reference to them
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