Quote from: urwhatuknow on December 31, 2013, 09:05:35 AM

It's on the list of things to do.
Raphael has been busy with a lot of things lately and we are now hiring new devs in order to shore up our new features.
It is not easy to find good people ( we already found a couple of very skillful ones) and in this moment theoretically ( very theoretically for the Bitfinex team ) it's vacation time.
If you take a look at the past months we have been walking a long way.
Bitfinex was born in late october 2012.
It took us until the year end 2012 to add 148 users.
We are now up to a 5 digit number and there are days where we add more than 148 new users in one day.
I believe we did a good job in managing this growth, but it stressed us a lot.
It's like being on a surfboard trying to escape from a 10 meters wave.
24/7.
We have been sailing thru some very scary storms ( april 10th anyone?), but we always made it.
And no liquidity provider at Bitfinex ever lost one penny.

I apologize if I was not always very nice, but there were moments where people's complaints seemed a little too out of whack to me.
I believe Bitfinex will be one of the top 3 trading platforms one year from now.
The challenge we are facing is big and full of dangers.
But I think together we can make it, by rowing all in the same direction and understanding the fact that taking things from 99% perfect to 99.99% perfect is a hell of a job.

On behalf of Bitfinex I wish you all a very happy year-end and a very good 2014.

Thank you all

Giancarlo
Bitfinex Team

I truly appreciate your effort in maintaining and upkeeping BFX. You have done a great job!

Don't worry about nasty comments. We can see who is right and who is wrong.

If BFX maintains the current momentum, no doubt it will be one of the largest trading platform.
I would like to urge you to be proactive in ensuring compliance to all applicable laws and regulations in the jurisdiction. From a corporate angle, please consider transferring the system under the company ownership. Same for bank accounts (if not done so). If the system is ready, do declare that it is in a full release version? From a financial angle, do strive for at least an implicit approval from the authority. Reference what other existing exchanges in the same jurisdiction have done.
Doing these will ensure the longevity of BFX.