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The way Coinbase is doing the streaming WebSocket data looks very good. My frame of reference is Bitstamp and Mt. Gox before that... Keeping a proper copy of t
by clarkmoody 12y ago
The way Coinbase is doing the streaming WebSocket data looks very good. My frame of reference is Bitstamp and Mt. Gox before that...
Keeping a proper copy of the order book on the client side should be fairly straightforward.
Bitstamp's API makes it impossible to keep the full order book synced. They broadcast the top 20 rows over the socket, but for many situations that's not good enough.
- functionCall 12y agoBitstamp has a new websocket channel https://www.bitstamp.net/websocket/ https://www.bitstamp.net/websocket/ where you can get full order book updates.
- clarkmoody 12y agoExcellent! Maybe one day and exchange will create a developer email list where they let people know when the API changes (Bitstamp has had an awful history of breaking the API without warning).