BTCPanelReal-time Monitoring of Crypto Currency Prices

www.btcpanel.com

Mike Metral@mikemetral

@btcpanel

What is BTCPanel? Hub for the latest market & exchange prices

and trading information/data in the crypto currency community

BTCPanel Overview

Consolidate 5+ browser tabs & tickers into 1 Page

2-Day Hack

Deliver the latest price information in real-time Remove the need to have to refresh Simplify the typical financial pages for novice

traders Keep it clean & clutter-free

BTCPanel Mission

Site Preview

“Launch Date”: Nov. 19, 2013 In 2 months:

~2,500 Visits ~900 Unique Visitors ~17,000 Page Views Visitor Type

67% Returning 33% New

Info & Stats

OS: Ubuntu 13.10 Front-End

Nginx – HTML Web Server Middle

Django – Core Web Application Gunicorn – Production Server for Django

Back-End Gearman – Pulls live info from markets & exchanges MySQL DB - Store/Retrieve Gearman data Node.js + Socket.io – Real-time push of data via

WebSockets

Technology

Architecture

Bitcoin interest is truly global

Lessons Learned #1

Lessons Learned #2

Green: 12/07/13 – Baidu Stops Accepting BTC After China BanOrange: 12/18/13 – BTC China Stops Accepting Deposits for

BTC Trades

Absolute Average Difference: $3.80

(USD)

Price volatility is constantly occuring News

Baidu Drop: 58% BTC China Drop: 45% Overstock.com Rise: 18%

Pricing information during scares is never truly accurate Coinbase

Purchase Page, API, Page Header Bitstamp

Trading Page, API, Page Header

Lessons Learned #3

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Thank You!

Questions?

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@btcpanel