Quote from: seanrarey on November 06, 2013, 05:48:34 PM

Quote from: senor_coconut on November 06, 2013, 04:01:44 PM

Very interesting discussion these last few posts, especially now that we are so high that a correction is ever more likely.
Perhaps things are different now vs. April but still my gut feeling is that this just sounds too good to be true (no need waste keyb strokes grilling me for posting a personal view, eh?!).

I'm quite curious and have setup a poll: http://micropoll.com/a/mpview/1146756-3814481
(cannot figure out how to embed nicely in the post...)

I've also been emailing the developer regarding a workaround for those who e.g. have to go to work and would like to have Butter Bot installed in two computers but actively running alternately in one of them. Running several instances simultaneously is NOT recommended!
Sharing it below until a better solution such as hosting is offered, it has been confirmed as OK by the developer.
Take care

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Workaround for 2 chrome instances running Butterbot:
To be able to ensure Butterbot is running 24/7 I'll have to run it at work on one pc and then close it at the end of the day, reopening it at home on another pc.
I have butterbot installed on both Chromes (work / home) but configured with different API key/secret sets.
I will be activating/deactivating the API sets manually from the exchange dashboard (possible in Bitstamp, you would have to check the other exchanges) to have either one or the other instance of Butterbot actually actively trading, thus avoiding having them active simultaneously while being able to have both pcs on all the time with their respective Chromes and butterbot instances running.

Are you doing this so you will have physical control over your bot at all times; i.e. at home & at work? I have tested multiple bots on the same account, I don't think you have to activate/deactivate your APIs when doing this... just start/stop the different instances of the bot.

I am far from an API or bot expert, but in my experience, Butter does not seem to be a poll-hog, so even if you overlapped, I am thinking it would not really spam the exchange with requests (just thinking aloud here), and I don't see how the bots would ever trade "against each other" with like settings. Interesting & not a bad solution.

Another, and the one that I use, is Remote Desktop (RDP). It is super easy & convenient. As noted prior, I have multiple machines running different bots as well as miners. They are all set to "listen" on RDP, so I can log into them remotely from any computer, tablet or even my smart phone. So, like you, I have instances running both at home and office (all on different accounts), but can access any and all of them with a click from a single screen.

Hey

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I can't wait for hosting to go live

. Meanwhile, both solutions are correct, the enable and disable is very safe and very efficient to do; this question was geared toward someone who can't have a single computer running all the time.

If you can run a single machine all the time, then you can run multiple instance of the bot on the same machine as long as they use different API keys and different settings

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I hope that helps, please let me know if you guys need anything at all.

Pablo.