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CryptoMaps: Cryptocurrency Market State

179 points by petethomas 9y ago

fernly 9y ago
So many!
thefalcon 9y ago
This is fantastic, thanks for sharing! It's especially nice on a mostly green day like today, which is to say on a day when BTC is up, since as BTC goes so the alts follow.
nym 9y ago
Love it, one recommendation though - make sure it's easy to share. When I tried to share on FB it didn't show an image, which I really wanted it to. - https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcryptomaps.org%2F https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/?q=http%... - https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator I know it's JavaScript, but you can still generate an image using something like https://github.com/yahoo/cronshot https://github.com/yahoo/cronshot.
fiatjaf 9y ago
Very good. I'll use this instead of Coinmarketcap to see how the coins are moving from now on.
navls 9y ago
Nice! What is the source api?
dreit1 9y ago
Wondering what everyones thoughts are on NEO its genereated a lot of buzz recently.
- 4j643lj63l4jt 9y ago
  Wouldn't touch it with ten foot pole. Pure garbage. Ive found several consensus breaking bugs. Read the source code yourself, its awful. Why dont I report it? I don't care about NEO.
  - atomical 9y ago
    I thought for sure the reason would be China's crackdown on crypto.
  - nrhk 9y ago
    Not that I don't believe you but I would love a blog post or something details the shortcomings or benefits of these crypto at the source code level. It was fun to see the parity wallet hack happen due to a single commit.
  - darkmirage 9y ago
    I agree. You can tell how confident they are in their blockchain technology that the only nodes they allow on the NEO network are operated by the company. Decentralized trust is supposed to be the single selling point of a blockchain. If we give that up, we might as well make a REST API for a SQL database and claim that it's the fastest blockchain in the world.
  - afishisafish 9y ago
    First comment by this user. I can't comment on NEO's security, but I'd be wary of people making bold statements without any proof to back it up. Crypto landscape is for a lot of people all about the fud, the push and the pull.
    - teknologist 9y ago
      Right, some proof on the so-called consensus bugs might have made this comment worth reading
    - dreit1 9y ago
      Plus if you find consensus bugs you can usually make a killer bounty with any cryptocurrency project
  - AshRolls 9y ago
    NEO award large amounts for bug bounty, I find it hard to believe you would go to the trouble of finding bugs without claiming any reward?
- doktrin 9y ago
  At the moment it's one step removed from vaporware. None of the features they brag about exist yet, and the codebase is in fact a complete untested / untestable mess primarily maintained by 1 dev. Their white paper is awful even by "crypto" standards. Security issues are inevitable. If you're investing, be wary of the pump cycles - particularly now. October is when the first of the "reserved" shares unlock (50% of the total circulation is earmarked for the founders), so there is significant incentive to fan the hype and artificially drive up the price.
  - q-base 9y ago
    Interesting with the unlocking. Any source/more info on that?
    - AshRolls 9y ago
      15 million tokens unlock, to be spent on incentives for devs to build stuff on NEO.
    - doktrin 9y ago
      The locked tokens are described in the (then Antshares) ICO rules : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/antshares-ico-rules-wentao-yang/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/antshares-ico-rules-wentao-ya... The tokens begin to unlock 1 year after 'mainnet' goes live, which happened on 10/17/16 https://neo.org/en-US/Blog/Details/41 https://neo.org/en-US/Blog/Details/41
      - q-base 9y ago
        Thanks a lot for the info!
thisisit 9y ago
Cool heatmap for cryptocurrencies. I always wonder why don't most exchanges offer this. That said, this reinforces one thought process - most if not all coins, for whatever innovation they are doing move in tandem with bitcoin. BTC is down? Most will go down. BTC is up? Most will go up too.
- psyc 9y ago
  It seems both humans and bots have a notion of sentiment.
flyGuyOnTheSly 9y ago
Has a "million dollar homepage" feel to it. I love it! Great work and very unique imho! Bookmarked by me at least.
- cornedor 9y ago
  Million dollar homepage is nothing compared to this one hundred billion dollar homepage
sabujp 9y ago
this is just like https://finviz.com/map.ashx https://finviz.com/map.ashx
- jamessb 9y ago
  The original use of a squarified treemap to represent financial markets was Martin Wattenberg's Map of the Market for SmartMoney in 1998: http://www.bewitched.com/marketmap.html http://www.bewitched.com/marketmap.html
Philomath 9y ago
It feels so bad when all the comments are so positive and I can't view the website because it's not compatible with the app I use to read HN, I really want to see it. (it's a very popular app)
- shaolinux 9y ago
  Open cryptomaps.org in a web browser and you're good.
Grangar 9y ago
Oh nooooooooo I was working on this too! You beat me, well played.
- amrrs 9y ago
  Me too, Just finished the R package https://github.com/amrrs/coinmarketcapr https://github.com/amrrs/coinmarketcapr and next is Shiny app!
  - celticninja 9y ago
    what is this from?
aryamaan 9y ago
Any good site to look for volatility comparisons?
kbeckmann 9y ago
Looks great! Would be cool to plot it over time as well.
thomasfl 9y ago
Great site! When searching for a currency, the currency is highlighted and zoomed in. When zooming out, it's hard to see where in the landscape that currency was. Maybe let the currency keep it's color?

179 points by petethomas 9y ago

So many!

This is fantastic, thanks for sharing! It's especially nice on a mostly green day like today, which is to say on a day when BTC is up, since as BTC goes so the alts follow.

nym 9y ago

Love it, one recommendation though - make sure it's easy to share. When I tried to share on FB it didn't show an image, which I really wanted it to. - https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/?q=http%3A%2F%2Fcryptomaps.org%2F https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/?q=http%... - https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator I know it's JavaScript, but you can still generate an image using something like https://github.com/yahoo/cronshot https://github.com/yahoo/cronshot.

fiatjaf 9y ago

Very good. I'll use this instead of Coinmarketcap to see how the coins are moving from now on.

navls 9y ago

Nice! What is the source api?

dreit1 9y ago

Wondering what everyones thoughts are on NEO its genereated a lot of buzz recently.

4j643lj63l4jt 9y ago
Wouldn't touch it with ten foot pole. Pure garbage. Ive found several consensus breaking bugs. Read the source code yourself, its awful. Why dont I report it? I don't care about NEO.
- atomical 9y ago
  I thought for sure the reason would be China's crackdown on crypto.
- nrhk 9y ago
  Not that I don't believe you but I would love a blog post or something details the shortcomings or benefits of these crypto at the source code level. It was fun to see the parity wallet hack happen due to a single commit.
- darkmirage 9y ago
  I agree. You can tell how confident they are in their blockchain technology that the only nodes they allow on the NEO network are operated by the company. Decentralized trust is supposed to be the single selling point of a blockchain. If we give that up, we might as well make a REST API for a SQL database and claim that it's the fastest blockchain in the world.
- afishisafish 9y ago
  First comment by this user. I can't comment on NEO's security, but I'd be wary of people making bold statements without any proof to back it up. Crypto landscape is for a lot of people all about the fud, the push and the pull.
  - teknologist 9y ago
    Right, some proof on the so-called consensus bugs might have made this comment worth reading
  - dreit1 9y ago
    Plus if you find consensus bugs you can usually make a killer bounty with any cryptocurrency project
- AshRolls 9y ago
  NEO award large amounts for bug bounty, I find it hard to believe you would go to the trouble of finding bugs without claiming any reward?
doktrin 9y ago
At the moment it's one step removed from vaporware. None of the features they brag about exist yet, and the codebase is in fact a complete untested / untestable mess primarily maintained by 1 dev. Their white paper is awful even by "crypto" standards. Security issues are inevitable. If you're investing, be wary of the pump cycles - particularly now. October is when the first of the "reserved" shares unlock (50% of the total circulation is earmarked for the founders), so there is significant incentive to fan the hype and artificially drive up the price.
- q-base 9y ago
  Interesting with the unlocking. Any source/more info on that?
  - AshRolls 9y ago
    15 million tokens unlock, to be spent on incentives for devs to build stuff on NEO.
  - doktrin 9y ago
    The locked tokens are described in the (then Antshares) ICO rules : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/antshares-ico-rules-wentao-yang/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/antshares-ico-rules-wentao-ya... The tokens begin to unlock 1 year after 'mainnet' goes live, which happened on 10/17/16 https://neo.org/en-US/Blog/Details/41 https://neo.org/en-US/Blog/Details/41
    - q-base 9y ago
      Thanks a lot for the info!

thisisit 9y ago

Cool heatmap for cryptocurrencies. I always wonder why don't most exchanges offer this. That said, this reinforces one thought process - most if not all coins, for whatever innovation they are doing move in tandem with bitcoin. BTC is down? Most will go down. BTC is up? Most will go up too.

psyc 9y ago
It seems both humans and bots have a notion of sentiment.

flyGuyOnTheSly 9y ago

Has a "million dollar homepage" feel to it. I love it! Great work and very unique imho! Bookmarked by me at least.

cornedor 9y ago
Million dollar homepage is nothing compared to this one hundred billion dollar homepage

sabujp 9y ago

this is just like https://finviz.com/map.ashx https://finviz.com/map.ashx

jamessb 9y ago
The original use of a squarified treemap to represent financial markets was Martin Wattenberg's Map of the Market for SmartMoney in 1998: http://www.bewitched.com/marketmap.html http://www.bewitched.com/marketmap.html

Philomath 9y ago

It feels so bad when all the comments are so positive and I can't view the website because it's not compatible with the app I use to read HN, I really want to see it. (it's a very popular app)

shaolinux 9y ago
Open cryptomaps.org in a web browser and you're good.

Grangar 9y ago

Oh nooooooooo I was working on this too! You beat me, well played.

amrrs 9y ago
Me too, Just finished the R package https://github.com/amrrs/coinmarketcapr https://github.com/amrrs/coinmarketcapr and next is Shiny app!
- celticninja 9y ago
  what is this from?

aryamaan 9y ago

Any good site to look for volatility comparisons?

kbeckmann 9y ago

Looks great! Would be cool to plot it over time as well.

thomasfl 9y ago

Great site! When searching for a currency, the currency is highlighted and zoomed in. When zooming out, it's hard to see where in the landscape that currency was. Maybe let the currency keep it's color?