Re: Bitcoin Windows gadget which displays BTC and currency amounts
whilst all trading is USD based, as you pointed out, however in realities for me, the value in GBP is more understandable/comparable, and as such i use your bitcoin gadget to display my wallet content, and it's value in GBP and then i use your other gadget to display the current GBP exchange rate.
I use the BitPay exchange api because one of the PC accessory sites i use accept bitcoin, and use that site for their conversion rates.
THe high / low rates being in GBP would just have been a nicety
oddly enough nobody does this, even the BitPay widget for your phone, that they make only ever works in USD yet their site is a global concern that supplies exchange rates in multiple currencies.
i guess it just boils down to the fact i'm used to working in GBP, what i pay for with bitcoin is likely to have a comparable GBP value
I use the BitPay exchange api because one of the PC accessory sites i use accept bitcoin, and use that site for their conversion rates.
THe high / low rates being in GBP would just have been a nicety
oddly enough nobody does this, even the BitPay widget for your phone, that they make only ever works in USD yet their site is a global concern that supplies exchange rates in multiple currencies.
i guess it just boils down to the fact i'm used to working in GBP, what i pay for with bitcoin is likely to have a comparable GBP value
Well, not a scenario I would have thought of, and officially not supported, but I think it can be done. Use this settings. I might add conversion option in the next version to make this simpler.
Primary exchange: https://bitpay.com/api/rates/GBP
Primary exchange JSON key: json.rate / conversionRate
Ticker currency: USD
Target currency: GBP
Secondary exchange: https://www.bitstamp.net/api/ticker/
Field 1 JSON label: high
Field 1 JSON key: json.high * conversionRate
Field 2 JSON label: last
Field 2 JSON key: json.last * conversionRate
Field 3 JSON label: low
Field 3 JSON key: json.low * conversionRate
which by chance also shows a second issue, the secondary info does not populate unless the gadget is expanded and left for the update period to complete (i also noticed a similar failure to load automatically on the primary info if you used 2 wallets in gadget)
leaving for the time it took to screenshot and upload resulted in it updating....
leaving for the time it took to screenshot and upload resulted in it updating....
I'll look into it - I did notice similar problems with Google Docs. It fires out several requests and waits for responses, and updates as response is received. I think it might not update if response received is not valid. One thing you can do is simply open settings and click OK - this forces an update.
Thanks for that, it sort of works in the way you explained it, but the conversion via Yahoo finance is different, for example my current wallet balance is 0.03 BTC which off the BitPay ticker price/rate is about £12 run it through the yahoo conversion and it comes out at £7 and some change, so basically i have a £5 discrepancy
Also the labels are tied to the currency selected, so i can't display BAL for wallet balance/Value without screwing up the secondary's conversion code, because they are not 100% seperate, but thanks for trying
Also, i've found that now via LocalBitcoins site i can trade in GBP