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Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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What language was used for the backend and frontend? I'm trying to make a web interface for a small project but I think I love Java too much to learn JS or HTML...

What a pristine example of next level stockholms syndrom! With that attitude it might benefit you more than anything. Theres nothing that gets me to not hire someone than the person saying “Im a {language} developer”

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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post #32
post #31

What language was used for the backend and frontend? I'm trying to make a web interface for a small project but I think I love Java too much to learn JS or HTML...

What a pristine example of next level stockholms syndrom! With that attitude it might benefit you more than anything. Theres nothing that gets me to not hire someone than the person saying “Im a {language} developer”

Fine, I also love Python :P

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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OT but I'm in a situation where I have hundreds of different altcoins on a handful of exchanges. I'm looking to move these into my own wallets but it seems that I will need to get so many different wallets that it's not worth the hassle. Why isn't there a wallet which can handle all kind of cryptocurrencies? The most I've seen in one is like 10.

I think that's what Jaxx is trying to do. They don't have hundreds of different coins but they have almost 50. https://decentral.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/218373867-Wh...

Jaxx works wonky and doesn't support ERC20 tokens though.

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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OT but I'm in a situation where I have hundreds of different altcoins on a handful of exchanges. I'm looking to move these into my own wallets but it seems that I will need to get so many different wallets that it's not worth the hassle. Why isn't there a wallet which can handle all kind of cryptocurrencies? The most I've seen in one is like 10.

The Ledger Nano S hardware wallet can hold just about every cryptocurrency, including ERC20 tokens.

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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Neat! I built something like this with a postgres database of transactions, a python script that scrapes the coinmarketcap api, and influxdb + grafana. It works well and suits my needs.

How were you able to update the database frequently with python? I’m trying to basically have a database that mirrors historical data on an exchange, that also updates every 5 minutes — I’m trying to decide between a node server / python aws lambda.

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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post #36
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OT but I'm in a situation where I have hundreds of different altcoins on a handful of exchanges. I'm looking to move these into my own wallets but it seems that I will need to get so many different wallets that it's not worth the hassle. Why isn't there a wallet which can handle all kind of cryptocurrencies? The most I've seen in one is like 10.

The Ledger Nano S hardware wallet can hold just about every cryptocurrency, including ERC20 tokens.

Not out of the box. At the moment there's only about 20-30 crypto-assets that have established support.

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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post #36
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OT but I'm in a situation where I have hundreds of different altcoins on a handful of exchanges. I'm looking to move these into my own wallets but it seems that I will need to get so many different wallets that it's not worth the hassle. Why isn't there a wallet which can handle all kind of cryptocurrencies? The most I've seen in one is like 10.

The Ledger Nano S hardware wallet can hold just about every cryptocurrency, including ERC20 tokens.

As the sibling says, it's much less than "every" and closer to 20. There's a lot missing, eg Monero, which we've been waiting for.

Re: Show HN: Cryptocurrency portfolio app on Blockstack

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What language was used for the backend and frontend? I'm trying to make a web interface for a small project but I think I love Java too much to learn JS or HTML...

What a pristine example of next level stockholms syndrom! With that attitude it might benefit you more than anything. Theres nothing that gets me to not hire someone than the person saying “Im a {language} developer”

Might be the opposite, for example there are some languages I consider a waste of time and refuse to learn. Mainly languages too close to my current skillset, as I feel there are other languages that can teach me more with the same effort, or languages I consider downright badly-designed.
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