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Show HN: A real-time Bitcoin transaction map

33 points by yang140 12y ago

artursapek 12y ago
Well done! It's amazing to me that this is possible.
- yang140 12y ago
  Thanks, It is just for fun. the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address. I am making this as an example of learning d3.js. It is very interesting.
deeperisbetter 12y ago
It's crazy to see so many large 5+ BTC transactions occurring...
RankingMember 12y ago
Nice. The globe spinning control is being a little wonky at the moment for me - trying to zero in on one spot causes the globe to spin wildly.
mattdotc 12y ago
This is really neat idea. The spinning globe is technically a Cool Thing, but I would really like to see a cylindrical projection as an option. I'm not really interested in to-scale landmasses.
- jug6ernaut 12y ago
  You can click "Change Projection" to get a standard projection.
  - mattdotc 12y ago
    D'oh. Where do I turn in my geek card? Thanks.
- deleted 12y ago
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Gys 12y ago
Does not work in Firefox 32.0.3 on OSX Yosimite. Otherwise its interesting to see (in Chrome) that by far most transactions are in the US, with just a few in Northern Europe. The rest of the world nothing much. > the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address. Or does this explain the remarkable regional preference of the transactions ? Sorry to ask, I have no experience with bitcoins.
- yang140 12y ago
  That's also the question I have when working on it. The data is actually from blockchain.info's WebSockets. Maybe their transactions are mainly from US and Northern Europe, I was expecting to see more from Asia.
- mike-cardwell 12y ago
  Works fine with Firefox 33.0 on Debian
miahi 12y ago
There are some strange display issues when you click "change projection" - some of the bigger circles have actually smaller amounts than the smaller circles. Looks like the circles are also using the projection, so smaller amounts at higher latitudes are actually shown as bigger.
untilHellbanned 12y ago
Would you mind sharing how to obtain location?
- moreati 12y ago
  Most likely it's a GeoIP lookup of the first IP observed to broadcast the transaction - which may or may not be the originating IP.
waylandsmithers 12y ago
Wow, a lot of bitcoins flying around the bay area right now... is that all from Coinbase?
mike_hearn 12y ago
Really cool! Maybe we should try and get this embedded into bitcoin.org? It'd be neat if you could see dollar amounts too, so people who don't follow Bitcoin 24/7 can get a feel for how much money is whizzing around.

33 points by yang140 12y ago

artursapek 12y ago

Well done! It's amazing to me that this is possible.

yang140 12y ago
Thanks, It is just for fun. the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address. I am making this as an example of learning d3.js. It is very interesting.

deeperisbetter 12y ago

It's crazy to see so many large 5+ BTC transactions occurring...

RankingMember 12y ago

Nice. The globe spinning control is being a little wonky at the moment for me - trying to zero in on one spot causes the globe to spin wildly.

mattdotc 12y ago

This is really neat idea. The spinning globe is technically a Cool Thing, but I would really like to see a cylindrical projection as an option. I'm not really interested in to-scale landmasses.

jug6ernaut 12y ago
You can click "Change Projection" to get a standard projection.
- mattdotc 12y ago
  D'oh. Where do I turn in my geek card? Thanks.
deleted 12y ago
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Gys 12y ago

Does not work in Firefox 32.0.3 on OSX Yosimite. Otherwise its interesting to see (in Chrome) that by far most transactions are in the US, with just a few in Northern Europe. The rest of the world nothing much. > the address is based on the relay ip address. So it is not necessarily the real transaction address. Or does this explain the remarkable regional preference of the transactions ? Sorry to ask, I have no experience with bitcoins.

yang140 12y ago
That's also the question I have when working on it. The data is actually from blockchain.info's WebSockets. Maybe their transactions are mainly from US and Northern Europe, I was expecting to see more from Asia.
mike-cardwell 12y ago
Works fine with Firefox 33.0 on Debian

miahi 12y ago

There are some strange display issues when you click "change projection" - some of the bigger circles have actually smaller amounts than the smaller circles. Looks like the circles are also using the projection, so smaller amounts at higher latitudes are actually shown as bigger.

untilHellbanned 12y ago

Would you mind sharing how to obtain location?

moreati 12y ago
Most likely it's a GeoIP lookup of the first IP observed to broadcast the transaction - which may or may not be the originating IP.

waylandsmithers 12y ago

Wow, a lot of bitcoins flying around the bay area right now... is that all from Coinbase?

mike_hearn 12y ago

Really cool! Maybe we should try and get this embedded into bitcoin.org? It'd be neat if you could see dollar amounts too, so people who don't follow Bitcoin 24/7 can get a feel for how much money is whizzing around.