Hi enigma969, thank you for your interest.

Quote from: enigma969 on January 26, 2016, 07:20:38 PM

Let's say I have 3000$ available to invest, what exchanges would you recommend? Should I split money up over all exchanges that are currently supported?

Yes, if you want to maximize your exposure you should put $1,500 on Bitfinex and $1,500 on one of the other supported exchanges. But please first test with a small amount of money!

Quote from: enigma969 on January 26, 2016, 07:20:38 PM

What hosting solution do you recommend? You said something about a Google Server?

I don't have any specific recommendation. I personally use a laptop for programming and troubleshooting and a Google Cloud server (Compute Engine Micro) to run Blackbird 24/7.
The CPU and memory consumptions are usually low (C++ helps here) but you need a correct Internet connection.

Quote from: enigma969 on January 26, 2016, 07:20:38 PM

I always get warnings like "WARNING: 2 second(s) too late at 01/26/2016 19:47:51" - It's because of latency right?

Yes this is probably due to the latency of your Internet connection. See a workaround here (issue #39).