The buying, selling or exchanging of Bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies for other currencies or commodities.
Cryptocurrencies can be traded for other cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. These trade typically happen on exchanges or in OTC trades.
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How do you obtain bitcoins?
This is a question many people ask when they're introduced to Bitcoin.
Bitcoin sounds interesting, but if I want to use this system I will need to get some coins, otherwise, there's no way I can spend them! How can I start?
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Does hoarding really hurt Bitcoin?
Some people believe that hoarding hurts the Bitcoin economy.
But are they really right?
As long as corresponding goods vendors and services will be here to stay and reinforce people's faith in Bitcoin, hoarded bitcoins simply do not take part in…
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Why don't people buy at one exchange and sell at another?
Bitcoinity.org shows that for the past 30 days, bitstamp's price is high at 101.00, low at 77.00, and current price is 98.04. On contrast, mtgox's price for the past 30 days is high at 115.00, low at 86.20, and current price is 110.50.
In other…
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Are there any open-source trading bots out there?
Has anyone published an open-source trading bot that runs on a Bitcoin exchange?
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How can one find how much "room for arbitrage" is there in the Bitcoin market?
I don't know what's the mathematical/economical definition, but I would define "room for arbitrage" as the amount of money that can be extracted from the market by doing arbitrage (between the different exchanges). I am sure there is a precise…
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Can I use bitcoin as a means of bypassing Argentine Dollar restrictions?
I am planning on doing some small-time buying/selling with a friend who is in the States. I am in Argentina and I do not have a way of reimbursing him in Dollars for products that he buys, sends to me, then I sell. Product and Dollar restrictions…
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What would it take to create my own Bitcoin exchange?
I'm looking into creating a Bitcoin / crypto currency trading platform (say, like Tradeking), as I've noticed there are a few sites out there already, except they all have pretty hefty fees.
So, to reduce fees, is it possible to create my own…
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Is there a historical timeseries of market depth & transactions available?
Has anyone stored the historical market depth & tick data from MtGox? Is it available publically? Would be useful if you were making a bot.
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Is it true that Paypal banned Bitcoins, while Google Checkout did not (yet)?
Paypal claimed they were not allowed to sell Bitcoins, while currently it seems Google Checkout is a viable option.
So ... what's the story on this? Is this true, and if so does anyone know why?
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Anyone know of an API I can get historical price time series for multiple coins
I'd like to build some historical price charts, to use in my cryptocoin portfolio tracking app, using time series data (with HighCharts js).
Anyone know of an API that provides this price data, preferably for multiple coins (btc, ltc, eth, etc)?
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Bitcoin market hours (open/close prices)
If Bitcoin trading never stops then what does it mean when news sites and others talk about bitcoin opening or closing at a certain price, and why is this terminology used?
Could two people mean different things when they talk about the closing…
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Is it possible to buy or sell Bitcoin options?
Like put and call options for a stock, but for the future price of Bitcoin?
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What happens if I buy Bitcoins and the price goes down?
What happens if I buy Bitcoins and the price goes down. Will I lose a quantity of my money?
Consider:
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Why shouldn't I accept PayPal when trading bitcoin?
I've heard that it's not a good idea to accept PayPal payments in exchange for Bitcoin. Why?
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How exactly does short selling with Bitcoins work?
Bitcoinica does (or did) offer short selling, but the question is how?
If I fund my account with 100 BTC and I want to short BTC, can I do that, or do I need USD to do that?
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