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Show HN: CryptoRoulette how much is worth now $1,000 of cryptos from last year

53 points by ciocan42 9y ago

ttoinou 9y ago
Buggy ? I have now worth of $6,047,951.74 $6,034,174.96 OmiseGo but on https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/omg/overview https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/omg/overview : Start Date 23/06/2017 Less than a year ago
- b4lancesh33t 9y ago
  It picks a random date last year as well.
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ikeboy 9y ago
Choosing from the top 250 now biases it upwards. If you did the same for the top 250 stocks by market cap you should significantly beat the market with the same methods. Also, not all these coins were around a year ago. Does the code handle that or just return nonsense? Edit: trying manually returns "Oh Nooooo!!! I just broke the blockchain. Please try again."
- martinko 9y ago
  > If you did the same for the top 250 stocks by market cap you should significantly beat the market with the same methods Nonsense. If it was so easy to beat the market, I assume you're leveraged up and exploiting this opportunity?
- ciocan42 9y ago
  Thanks for the input. It picks randomly from the list; if the coin is not listed at that time it chose another one until fits. "Oh Nooo" error is returned when cryptocompare api fails.
  - ikeboy 9y ago
    I got that error by putting in NMR manually into the URL in another comment here from January 31 2017.
  - ikeboy 9y ago
    If you want to fix the bias issue, take the top 250 from a year ago and choose randomly from them.
- smnrchrds 9y ago
  Yes. Current top 250 are the ones who survived and succeeded. It would not show what would have happened if you invested in 6 random coins. A better approach would be to choose from the top 250 at time of purchase.
- b4lancesh33t 9y ago
  No wonder it seems like you can't lose money. Thanks.
voisin 9y ago
The grammar of this post title makes my head hurt.
hasa 9y ago
What is worth of 1.000.000$ of BTC or any other cryptocurrency? Can you go to Bitcoin bank and tell: "Put my money in dollars to this suitcase now" ?
- solotronics 9y ago
  yes actually. you can sell any amount of BTC instantly on an exchange and wire the money directly to your traditional bank account. the order books generally have the depth to handle selling millions of USD worth of BTC per day without much price impact. if you wanted to sell more many of the exchanges will facilitate an Over The Counter sale that does not effect exchange price.
- jstanley 9y ago
  Can you go to a fiat bank and ask for a million dollars to be put in a suitcase?
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  - ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
    Yes but not without giving them a few days warning. Typically the most you can get out of a major branch of a national chain on a moments notice would be $100,000 max. This changes a lot at the regional level and based on the individual bank and the amount of risk they have from robberies. My credit union couldn't even let us withdraw $20,000 in cash when my business needed it.
- coralreef 9y ago
  What is worth of 1.000.000$ of BTC = $1.000.000 ...?
eekdd 9y ago
You have no idea how this hurts. I worked for crypto company for 20 months, but due depression did not took any crypto.
- derefr 9y ago
  I worked at several crypto companies, but since they were all nascent startups in Canada I wasn’t being paid enough to actually afford to invest any money in crypto. :/
- sowbug 9y ago
  If it helps you, you probably would have sold it when it doubled, and you'd feel even worse today.
cryptocurrency 9y ago
Please use "cryptocurrencies" rather than "cryptos". Thank you.
techaddict009 9y ago
We made similar thing i a bit different and easy to use way: https://www.cryptoground.com/what-if https://www.cryptoground.com/what-if You can choose the coin you wish and historical date you want to check it ROI. We had got featured on PH for the same :D Some of the top currencies ROI wise: https://ph-files.imgix.net/23c6487b-8e58-4d54-b2d3-572051dae9b1 https://ph-files.imgix.net/23c6487b-8e58-4d54-b2d3-572051dae... Do provide your comments & feedback :)
hal9000xp 9y ago
From investment point of view, focusing on missed opportunities in the past is extremely addictive and counterproductive. I was suffered from this bad habit for years. If you want to improve your performance, you have to focus on the present moment. Right now history has been made! Think of the present! What you would think on Friday, January 7th, 2022 year, as an excellent opportunity to make a fortune available somewhere on Sunday, January 7th, 2018 year. I find that mindset is extremely helpful.
- Axsuul 9y ago
  What if the real missed opportunity is not investing in yourself or a new business?
mauthsdki 9y ago
Where do you change all this to actual money ?
sli 9y ago
I've found Cryptocompare to be unreliable and to often have outdated information. For example, it showed IOTA at 1 cent for a solid week after its first big rise.

53 points by ciocan42 9y ago

Buggy ? I have now worth of $6,047,951.74 $6,034,174.96 OmiseGo but on https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/omg/overview https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/omg/overview : Start Date 23/06/2017 Less than a year ago

b4lancesh33t 9y ago
It picks a random date last year as well.

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ikeboy 9y ago

Choosing from the top 250 now biases it upwards. If you did the same for the top 250 stocks by market cap you should significantly beat the market with the same methods. Also, not all these coins were around a year ago. Does the code handle that or just return nonsense? Edit: trying manually returns "Oh Nooooo!!! I just broke the blockchain. Please try again."

martinko 9y ago
> If you did the same for the top 250 stocks by market cap you should significantly beat the market with the same methods Nonsense. If it was so easy to beat the market, I assume you're leveraged up and exploiting this opportunity?
ciocan42 9y ago
Thanks for the input. It picks randomly from the list; if the coin is not listed at that time it chose another one until fits. "Oh Nooo" error is returned when cryptocompare api fails.
- ikeboy 9y ago
  I got that error by putting in NMR manually into the URL in another comment here from January 31 2017.
- ikeboy 9y ago
  If you want to fix the bias issue, take the top 250 from a year ago and choose randomly from them.
smnrchrds 9y ago
Yes. Current top 250 are the ones who survived and succeeded. It would not show what would have happened if you invested in 6 random coins. A better approach would be to choose from the top 250 at time of purchase.
b4lancesh33t 9y ago
No wonder it seems like you can't lose money. Thanks.

voisin 9y ago

The grammar of this post title makes my head hurt.

hasa 9y ago

What is worth of 1.000.000$ of BTC or any other cryptocurrency? Can you go to Bitcoin bank and tell: "Put my money in dollars to this suitcase now" ?

solotronics 9y ago
yes actually. you can sell any amount of BTC instantly on an exchange and wire the money directly to your traditional bank account. the order books generally have the depth to handle selling millions of USD worth of BTC per day without much price impact. if you wanted to sell more many of the exchanges will facilitate an Over The Counter sale that does not effect exchange price.
jstanley 9y ago
Can you go to a fiat bank and ask for a million dollars to be put in a suitcase?
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
  Yes but not without giving them a few days warning. Typically the most you can get out of a major branch of a national chain on a moments notice would be $100,000 max. This changes a lot at the regional level and based on the individual bank and the amount of risk they have from robberies. My credit union couldn't even let us withdraw $20,000 in cash when my business needed it.
coralreef 9y ago
What is worth of 1.000.000$ of BTC = $1.000.000 ...?

eekdd 9y ago

You have no idea how this hurts. I worked for crypto company for 20 months, but due depression did not took any crypto.

derefr 9y ago
I worked at several crypto companies, but since they were all nascent startups in Canada I wasn’t being paid enough to actually afford to invest any money in crypto. :/
sowbug 9y ago
If it helps you, you probably would have sold it when it doubled, and you'd feel even worse today.

cryptocurrency 9y ago

Please use "cryptocurrencies" rather than "cryptos". Thank you.

techaddict009 9y ago

We made similar thing i a bit different and easy to use way: https://www.cryptoground.com/what-if https://www.cryptoground.com/what-if You can choose the coin you wish and historical date you want to check it ROI. We had got featured on PH for the same :D Some of the top currencies ROI wise: https://ph-files.imgix.net/23c6487b-8e58-4d54-b2d3-572051dae9b1 https://ph-files.imgix.net/23c6487b-8e58-4d54-b2d3-572051dae... Do provide your comments & feedback :)

hal9000xp 9y ago

From investment point of view, focusing on missed opportunities in the past is extremely addictive and counterproductive. I was suffered from this bad habit for years. If you want to improve your performance, you have to focus on the present moment. Right now history has been made! Think of the present! What you would think on Friday, January 7th, 2022 year, as an excellent opportunity to make a fortune available somewhere on Sunday, January 7th, 2018 year. I find that mindset is extremely helpful.

Axsuul 9y ago
What if the real missed opportunity is not investing in yourself or a new business?

mauthsdki 9y ago

Where do you change all this to actual money ?

sli 9y ago

I've found Cryptocompare to be unreliable and to often have outdated information. For example, it showed IOTA at 1 cent for a solid week after its first big rise.