Quote from: bricky on January 06, 2015, 02:02:54 PM

Quote from: mjr on January 05, 2015, 03:27:52 PM

I am looking into perhaps setting up a simulation/testnet environment, where perhaps some people could test it out, etc. No promises yet, but it is an idea I am throwing around. I know that a lot of people here have been with us since the beginning, and I really want to hopefully reward your patience, and show you guys what we have been working on. I know that things aren't perfect, I know that there are a lot of people who don't have things just the way they would prefer. I am sorry about that. We are working really hard, doing our best, to make the best exchange for bitcoin in the world. 2015 is going to be a great year, I hope. If you have more questions, feel free...

... I, for one, would be really really interested in that!

I know you mentioned elsewhere that there'll be no changes to the api, but I can't see a backend swapout going through without a few unexpected quirks slipping in (e.g. things like the sign difference betweed order/new and order/new/multi), so I'd really appreciate the opportunity to test against the new backend before it goes into place.

Edit: props for your work here btw, and especially for your patience

Finally, some non-FRR discussion. I am glad you are excited about this. I am too! I am working on the simulation environment exactly for that reason. It will give users the ability to test, and try strategies. I believe access will be limited to users who request it and are approved, but I think most people here are exactly the sort of users we want to encourage to test it out.

The API will remain the same, at least the current version (I think we will have a new version of the REST API at some point) and there will be other ways to access the backend. We are going to have the FIX gateway, and the websockets API.

The API will not be affected, because we have a "bridge" that will ensure that the backend can understand the current messages. Of course, all of this requires very rigorous testing. We are moving forward incrementally, and trying to stress test each piece, and run as many "corner cases" to try to catch as many bugs as possible before setting up the simulated environment.

So, basically, although the backend will be completely new, the frontend and the API should continue to function exactly as before. Thanks so much for your comments, I wish more people had responded to that part of my post...