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Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by radikalus » Thu, Dec 12, 2013, 5:21 PM UTC

This is really great. Very slick.

Add some of the exchange volumes? Num transactions? Number mined?

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by sneak » Thu, Dec 12, 2013, 9:52 PM UTC

user24 wrote: post #16

sneak wrote: post #11

Is there a particular reason "number of nodes on the bitcoin p2p network" was omitted? This has always struck me as the most important metric for adoption - the number of computers on the internet running the bitcoin software.

> the most important metric for adoption - the number of computers on the internet running the bitcoin software. Mmm, not really - a lot of people are using webwallets or thin clients. This is because the full client requires a bit fat download of the entire blockchain, and also only benefits the network if you have hella bandwidth and uptime.

You don't think there's some approximately fixed ratio between thin client/webwallet adopters and those who run the binary?

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by presty » Fri, Dec 13, 2013, 12:14 AM UTC

bdcs wrote: post #27

Great site. Here are some bugs I found: In the charting view, switching between delta and cumulative view deselects your metrics. You can't deselect the initial chart (on top in black). Suppose I start out comparing metric A to B, then I add C, now I can't remove A (to compare B to C w/o A). If you get a 404 error, eg here ( http://www.bitcoinpulse.com/chart/ ), the newsletter signup doesn't work (or at least doesn't…

Thank you. You are totally correct. Forgot about the js include in the 404 (doh).

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by presty » Fri, Dec 13, 2013, 12:17 AM UTC

radikalus wrote: post #31

This is really great. Very slick. Add some of the exchange volumes? Num transactions? Number mined?

Thanks. In the TODO list :)

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by presty » Fri, Dec 13, 2013, 12:18 AM UTC

finnw wrote: post #29

How many of the "Github created repositories" are useless altcoins that only mention BTC in the copyright message?

Good question. Can't really answer that atm. Will note it for future investigation. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by presty » Fri, Dec 13, 2013, 12:19 AM UTC

twanschik wrote: post #20

Many people could benefit from tracking metrices for altcoins too. Do you plan to add some of the altcoins (StableCoin for example)?

Altcoins are a possibility. And if we do add that info, we'll definitely also add the option of hiding the info :)

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by user24 » Fri, Dec 13, 2013, 9:06 AM UTC

SkyMarshal wrote: post #30

flavio87 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what exactly would you like in GBP, the prices on top?

Yes, the problem with the prices at the top is, I don't know off the top of my head what the dollar value of the Yuan price is, etc., making a quick comparison to the other changes more difficult. If you could provide maybe a second row of prices with a toggle that lets users select a common currency to display all prices in, that would be helpful. Show both local currency prices as you have now, and second row benea…

I'd have one row of prices and a dropdown that is set to "local" by default.