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Re: Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

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Post by mike-cardwell » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

Gys wrote: post #9

Does not work in Firefox 32.0.3 on OSX Yosimite. Otherwise its interesting to see (in Chrome) that by far most transactions are in the US, with just a few in Northern Europe. The rest of the world nothing much. > the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address. Or does this explain the remarkable regional preference of the transactions ? Sorry to ask, I have no expe…

Works fine with Firefox 33.0 on Debian

Re: Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

mattdotc wrote: post #6

This is really neat idea. The spinning globe is technically a Cool Thing, but I would really like to see a cylindrical projection as an option. I'm not really interested in to-scale landmasses.

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Re: Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

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Post by miahi » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 4:53 PM UTC

There are some strange display issues when you click "change projection" - some of the bigger circles have actually smaller amounts than the smaller circles. Looks like the circles are also using the projection, so smaller amounts at higher latitudes are actually shown as bigger.

Re: Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

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Post by untilHellbanned » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

Would you mind sharing how to obtain location?

Re: Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

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Post by waylandsmithers » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 6:57 PM UTC

Wow, a lot of bitcoins flying around the bay area right now... is that all from Coinbase?

Re: Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

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Post by moreati » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 7:14 PM UTC

untilHellbanned wrote: post #14

Would you mind sharing how to obtain location?

Most likely it's a GeoIP lookup of the first IP observed to broadcast the transaction - which may or may not be the originating IP.

Re: Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

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Post by mike_hearn » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 7:20 PM UTC

Really cool! Maybe we should try and get this embedded into bitcoin.org?

It'd be neat if you could see dollar amounts too, so people who don't follow Bitcoin 24/7 can get a feel for how much money is whizzing around.