CBOE exchange website down minutes after releasing Bitcoin futures

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Post by kgos » Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 11:23 PM UTC

CBOE exchange website down minutes after releasing Bitcoin futures
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Post by Narkov » Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 11:34 PM UTC

Just their "marketing" website. Trading systems look normal.

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Post by wyldfire » Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 11:42 PM UTC

Narkov wrote: post #2

Just their "marketing" website. Trading systems look normal.

Not sure whether it's the same site but the site which hosts current prices is unresponsive: http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures

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Post by narrator » Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 11:47 PM UTC

And here I thought it was Bitcoin that had scaling issues. Someone should make a futures market for Bitcoin on the Ethereum block chain settled in ETH just for irony.

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Post by somid3 » Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 11:53 PM UTC

Can someone explain how the bid/ask and data for futures can be interpreted? Sorry futures noob here.

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Post by chicagomint » Sun, Dec 10, 2017, 11:53 PM UTC

Anyone have a link to a public API endpoint? Status Page? or has trading ceased entirely?

Unanticipated demand? ddos? what's going on here?

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Post by modeless » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 12:03 AM UTC

chicagomint wrote: post #6

Anyone have a link to a public API endpoint? Status Page? or has trading ceased entirely? Unanticipated demand? ddos? what's going on here?

Trading is unaffected. You can see quotes at any brokerage that allows trading futures, though you may need a paid subscription for access to non-delayed quote data. Look for the symbol XBTF18.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a DDoS attack, as all bitcoin exchanges have suffered from them, but I don't know what they think they're accomplishing because unlike bitcoin exchanges the CBOE website is completely separate from the trading systems.

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Post by csomar » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 12:05 AM UTC

I wonder if they are getting DDOS'ed. Many crypto exchanges do get DDOS'ed before a big move. It is the nature of the beast since these market are not regulated and the "elite" guys operating on it think this is how free markets work (whoever has the most toys win).

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Post by pmorici » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 12:09 AM UTC

narrator wrote: post #4

And here I thought it was Bitcoin that had scaling issues. Someone should make a futures market for Bitcoin on the Ethereum block chain settled in ETH just for irony.

Eth is totally fubar right now due to cryptokitties

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Post by blibble » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 12:09 AM UTC

wyldfire wrote: post #3

Narkov wrote: post #2

Just their "marketing" website. Trading systems look normal.

Not sure whether it's the same site but the site which hosts current prices is unresponsive: http://cfe.cboe.com/cfe-products/xbt-cboe-bitcoin-futures

the trading system isn't a website: it is fix-fast (data) + fix (trading) over dedicated links

they can't packet the actual exchange because they don't have a link to it