Quote from: Boussac on September 28, 2013, 05:02:59 PM

Quote from: el_rlee on September 27, 2013, 02:14:54 PM

they are a market place and not an exchange which makes the main difference to Bitcoin-central.

http://www.techienews.co.uk/971487/bitcoin-central-exchange-reopens-after-6-months-hiatus/ - that is a reason to re-open the thread.

That's right. Bitcoin-central is a bitcoin exchange marketplace where funds (euros) are deposited to a regulated payment account while bitcoin.de is what is usually referred to as an OTC marketplace.
The main difference is that whenever a trade is executed on bitcoin-central, the fiat currency balance of the seller is credited immediately with the proceeds and the bitcoins are delivered to the buyer.
Conversely, with an OTC mecanism, both the buyer and the seller must wait for the buyer's fiat currency amount to reach the seller's bank account. Meanwhile the bitcoins of the OTC seller are tied up.

Haven´t looked into this thread for a while...
I just changed exchange to trading marketplace because one complained and I was in hurry.
But seriously for me it´s an exchange you can buy with money Bitcoins and vice versa (sell btc and get money). What is not an exchange there?