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Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by user24 »

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.

but it's still an interesting metric that you can roughly infer network security from (eg 51% attack difficulty)

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by viraptor »

user24 wrote: post #21
user24 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

but it's still an interesting metric that you can roughly infer network security from (eg 51% attack difficulty)

Wouldn't that depend on the cumulative hashing rate rather than number of nodes? I.e. I don't think it matters if 1k new nodes join if they're not doing any hashing.

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by bdcs »

DennisP wrote: post #19
flavio87 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the left column says what the growth rate was from today vs 7 days ago. the right column is a weekly average growth rate over a period of time, by default 30 days. So if the value in the left column is higher than the one in the right, this would mean that this week the metric is growing faster than it has on average in the last 30 days.

So these values really are growing several percent per week. That's amazing. It might be good to put the period on the page somewhere.

Agreed. Additionally there seems to a be a bug:

You can average monthly growth over the last 365 days , but you can't see yearly growth over "all time." Additionally the slider was very clunky feeling (hard to use) on my phone and I suspect all mobile (Android 4.4 w/ Chrome (Nexus 4)).

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by bdcs »

presty wrote: post #12
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.

good point. added to the todo list with top priority :)

Check this out for an awesome reference (maybe ask them for an API?): http://getaddr.bitnodes.io/

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by bdcs »

viraptor wrote: post #22
user24 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

but it's still an interesting metric that you can roughly infer network security from (eg 51% attack difficulty)

Wouldn't that depend on the cumulative hashing rate rather than number of nodes? I.e. I don't think it matters if 1k new nodes join if they're not doing any hashing.

You are correct that a 51% attack depends on hashing. Other attacks, Sybil, etc. depend on gaining network access to the (a) real bitcoin node with the latest blocks -- more nodes, I guess, helps prevent people from being unable to find the true network. Hence jgarzik's push to put bitcoin nodes into space to beam the latest blocks to earth, à la GPS.

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by bdcs »

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 turn green).

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by twanschik »

bdcs wrote: post #23
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)?

If you do add this feature, please have a toggle at the top to turn it off.

I totally agree. It would be even better to just toggle between altcoins.

Re: Show HN: Bitcoin Pulse - Tracking Bitcoin Adoption

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Post by SkyMarshal »

flavio87 wrote: post #10
user24 wrote: post #8

Very nice dashboard. Would like GBP. But great job. This is actually useful.

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 beneath showing those prices in a user-selectable currency.
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