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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: oxiD on December 30, 2011, 12:32 pm

Title: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: oxiD on December 30, 2011, 12:32 pm
Hello, today I just noticed the lack of correspondence dollars / BTC in bottom of the page of Silk Road website, I find it a shame. thank you for it back because this is very helpful to see the direct conversion of the website !

My customers ask me now : Why the rates in BTC are constantly changing? 8-(
Thank you to "re-put" this gadget for newbies on SR, please

oxiD
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: MrDdroMcGillacutty on December 30, 2011, 03:58 pm
PLEASE BRING IT BACK BRO. WE NEED AND LIKE THE SR PRICE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. :'(
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: Guybrush Threepwood on December 31, 2011, 01:38 am
It's weird  :-\
The rate used to be similar to the one from Mt Gox.
http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/mtgoxUSD.html
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: onlythebest on December 31, 2011, 01:08 pm
It's still not back :(
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: subdude on December 31, 2011, 01:27 pm
Ya...OMG. I referred to the current bit coin rate on my pages. The next drop...I want to invest so to speak. Had I jumped just a couple weeks ago I'd be lfondeling bucks gotten from doubling bit rate. I know I'm a short acting dufus. Now I have to go to Gox just to peek. Darn it. Please bring it back because I'm selfish and currently unwilling to try and understand how this move benefits your SR...not mine. Me? Just the lowly geek lacking skills in the computer age. Man....that methylone is some good shit....kinda helps a appreciate domes manic phase. Go see digitalink.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: WaffleSt0mp on December 31, 2011, 04:10 pm
I would like to see it back
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: Psytanium on December 31, 2011, 04:19 pm
There must be some reason, hope this is temporary...  :-\
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: theradblur on December 31, 2011, 10:58 pm
It doesn't make sense NOT to have it. It's just nice to know without going to other sites to check the rates. And bitcoins do fluctuate a lot so it is incredibly useful.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: czxtvr on December 31, 2011, 11:41 pm
Not having it is very nerve wrecking.....Bring It Back Please
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: reich on December 31, 2011, 11:49 pm
I agree, it's useful to work out prices when you're too backwards to have prices auto convert to USD also as SR uses a running average (or last I knew they do) to work out the prices and not mtgox's last sell price it's useful if the prices have been jumping around recently.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: hajielid on December 31, 2011, 11:52 pm
It's annoying it has gone AWOL, but my guess is it will be back shortly.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: fable on December 31, 2011, 11:55 pm
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who noticed   :(

It was so useful
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: bolovide on January 01, 2012, 12:19 am
Nerve wrecking to say the least.  I'm sure it's a few lines of code to have it on there, so why is it gone?  :-\
Bring it back please!
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: E=daveC² on January 01, 2012, 12:21 am
I vote to bring it back too. I thought it had to do with upgrading to the new tor package. Have to go to another site like MtGox to check the rates. Maybe it'll force people to use offsite exchanges, but it's still a pain in the ass.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: rise_against on January 01, 2012, 01:20 am
i vote bring it back also
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: Christy Nugs on January 01, 2012, 02:07 am
I vote to run naked through the woods :P

bring it back would be good too............

Christy
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: onestopshop on January 01, 2012, 03:03 am
Don't know why it disappeared...possibly  a bug?

bring it back!
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: Greynick on January 01, 2012, 05:00 am
I vote to bring back this well loved feature :)

Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: 2stoned on January 01, 2012, 06:54 pm
yep, it is a really nice feature, miss it, too.
SR, please put it back on.
First thing I check when I log in
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on January 01, 2012, 11:00 pm
Sorry gang, we had to nix it as part of a security audit.  It was just a reference for the latest price on mt. gox, so keeping a tab with mtgoxlive.com open should give you an up to the second rate you can use instead.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  We'll try to find a way to gather and display this info more securely, but for the time being it isn't coming back :(
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: bolovide on January 01, 2012, 11:28 pm
Sorry gang, we had to nix it as part of a security audit.  It was just a reference for the latest price on mt. gox, so keeping a tab with mtgoxlive.com open should give you an up to the second rate you can use instead.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  We'll try to find a way to gather and display this info more securely, but for the time being it isn't coming back :(

Bummer  :-[  Oh well, takes like 2 seconds to open another tab.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: theradblur on January 02, 2012, 02:06 am
At least we now know what was the problem. It is not good being kept in the dark about that kinda stuff! Thanks.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: E=daveC² on January 02, 2012, 03:53 am
Yup. A little communication goes a long way. I'm sure you're quite busy coming up with improvements for the market and running the site, but it only takes a minute to give us important information.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: opie420 on January 02, 2012, 03:54 am
I like to use  http://www.bitcoincharts.com/
Whats causing bitcoins to go so high? Does anyone feel a crash comming on?
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: nexus68 on January 02, 2012, 03:56 am
Came to the forums because I noticed this...Thank you SR for addressing the question of why the BTC conversion reference disappeared from the site.  Under the circumstances of security I understand why you had to get rid of the widget but if you can find a way to restore the feature with more security I'm sure much of the community would appreciate it, because having the BTC conversion rate at the bottom of the page is simply nice to have and very useful.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: E=daveC² on January 02, 2012, 03:58 am
Maybe sellers are unloading their coins now to cash out near the high point. I will be surprised if btc are still over $4 at the end of January.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: Dobbs on January 02, 2012, 04:01 am
Mt Gox has a free app on the market place and it put a widget on my phone that continually updates.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: societyagrees on January 02, 2012, 08:14 pm
I was going to scream BRING IT BACK!! But any security improvement is OK in my book. Keep up the good work guys!
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: friendlyoutlaw on January 02, 2012, 09:04 pm
Uhm...this wouldn't seem like a challenging issue to fix in a secure way?

Simple cron script that queries the current 24 hour floating average price at Mt. Gox, does a little sanity checking on the results, and then stores the value and timestamp in a database. Then, all that needs happen in the footer is a simple sql query to see what the current value is.

What's vulnerable about that?

Is the issue that this isn't being done over tor? Or just a concern that the queries create a pattern vulnerable to traffic analysis? Regardless, probably better to air on the side of security.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: hajielid on January 02, 2012, 10:25 pm
Sorry gang, we had to nix it as part of a security audit.  It was just a reference for the latest price on mt. gox, so keeping a tab with mtgoxlive.com open should give you an up to the second rate you can use instead.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  We'll try to find a way to gather and display this info more securely, but for the time being it isn't coming back :(

Appreciate the update! I'm sure most of us can appreciate anonymity and the continuation of SR over a live gox feed.
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: afhc on January 02, 2012, 11:29 pm
If the problem was leaking the Silk Road IP address when getting the current rate, an alternative might be to fetch the current rate through Tor. Just an idea...
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: caffeine_me on January 03, 2012, 07:07 am
I was first disappointed with the change, but now I prefer it after changing my settings to display the USD.  Now I don't have to do the conversions, and I think twice when looking at the prices. ;D
Title: Re: 1BTC = ??? Absence on the bottom SR website
Post by: czxtvr on January 05, 2012, 01:02 am
Hey I have been gone the weekend and it's still gone...WTF is going on around here?