Listen to Bitcoin

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Post by felixweis » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 8:29 PM UTC

Listen to Bitcoin
listentobitcoin.com

Re: Listen to Bitcoin

#2

Post by nelse » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 8:36 PM UTC

If I had a child, I would open this site and it will make it sleep for sure ;). PS. Good idea!

Re: Listen to Bitcoin

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Post by waterlesscloud » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 8:59 PM UTC

I wish I could turn off the bubble sounds and just get sound for the blocks. I'd leave that on all day.

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Post by codesuela » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:23 PM UTC

This needs a Satoshi dice version Ka-ching sounds

edit: obviously forgot my compliment, very clever idea and cool implementation this digital art right here ladies and gentleman

also this gave me an idea: how about a Bitcoin ECG?

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Post by rheide » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:24 PM UTC

Very nicely executed.

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Post by itafroma » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:30 PM UTC

It says no sound in Safari, but the sound works just fine in Safari 6.0.3. No sound in Mobile Safari on iOS 6.1.3, however.

Re: Listen to Bitcoin

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Post by hamoid » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:33 PM UTC

Beautiful :) I didn't know people were moving around such large sums. I saw a 3400 bc bubble, and a 2000+ bc bubble floating out there. I wish I was able to distinguish what was going on directly from the sounds. Those huge bubbles sounded exactly like the small ones, and when I saw 50 bubbles appear at once, that also did not sound any different than a single bubble. The amount of simultaneous sounds seems to be limited to a very low number.

Re: Listen to Bitcoin

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Post by kzrdude » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:39 PM UTC

hamoid wrote: post #7

Beautiful :) I didn't know people were moving around such large sums. I saw a 3400 bc bubble, and a 2000+ bc bubble floating out there. I wish I was able to distinguish what was going on directly from the sounds. Those huge bubbles sounded exactly like the small ones, and when I saw 50 bubbles appear at once, that also did not sound any different than a single bubble. The amount of simultaneous sounds seems to be lim…

Bitcoin clients usually try to diffuse coin ownership by always sending two amounts with one transaction, one (normally smaller) amount is to the receiver, the second amount is to a new address of the sender. So your coins diffuse out over tons of addresses this way, and the true number of coins transferred between individuals is much less than it appears.

It can also be extremely unhelpful, for example to this chap today on reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1bd1d1/i_think_i_ju...

Who didn't seem to know about return transactions and seems to have lost 90 BTC on that. (Because he/she used a "secure" live environment that would work with a temporary wallet and just one extra address with his/her money.)

Re: Listen to Bitcoin

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Post by joelrunyon » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:43 PM UTC

Nicely done.

What feed/API are you pulling from to track these changes. I've been looking for a solid way to chart bitcoin transactions and haven't been able to find one.

Re: Listen to Bitcoin

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Post by zoba » Sun, Mar 31, 2013, 9:51 PM UTC

Wow, this is great! I got to see a block completed and see a 3392.80 BTC transaction go by - both got me excited enough to be amusing to those around me!