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| A [[currency exchange|exchange]] offering multiple trading markets for trading bitcoins against multiple currencies.
| | '''Intersango''' was an [[currency exchange|exchange]] offering multiple trading markets for trading bitcoins against multiple currencies. |
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| Traders add funds and then place orders to buy and sell. Intersango acts as an escrow. The site charges no trading fees.
| | The service was launched on July 6, 2011<ref>[http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=26543.0 Intersango.com EUR exchange is now live]</ref>. The Intersango [[:Category:Open Source|open source]] software that the exchange runs on was announced on March 17, 2011<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4579.0 Free Bitcoin exchange software- Intersango]</ref>. In September, 2011 the exchange began using a new version of the Intersango open source exchange project with two currency markets (BTC/EUR, BTC/USD) live under the Intersango brand and plans made for the third (BTC/GBP) when [[Britcoin]] accounts are migrated at a future date. |
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| [[Bitcoin Consultancy]] operates the exchange.
| | On October 9, 2012, the exchange announced imminent plans to shutter its BTC/USD market. On December 19, 2012, the exchange closed its BTC/GBP market after being unable to re-establish a UK banking relationship<ref>[http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=63877.msg1409989#msg1409989 Intersango Exchange (Closed BTC/GBP)]</ref>. |
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| Intersango has a trading [https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/wiki/index.php/Intersango/API API]
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| ==Trading==
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| ===Buying===
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| A buy order is executed partially or in full when the price bid can be matched against a sell order that is at or below the bid amount.
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| ===Selling===
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| A sell order is executed partially or in full when the price asked can be matched against a buy order that is at or above the ask amount.
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| No Fee (for a limited time).
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| ==Adding Funds==
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| ===BTC===
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| There are no fees incurred when when transferring bitcoins for deposit. Funds are available once [[confirmation|confirmed]] (4 confirms), a process that can take roughly forty minutes.
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| ===EUR===
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| The exchange accepts SEPA bank transfers for deposit. A 5 PLN fee is taken by the bank. No additional fees is taken.
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| ===PLN===
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| The exchange accepts polish bank transfers for deposit. There are no fees.
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| ===USD===
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| The exchange accepts [[Dwolla]] transfers (no fee), bank wire transfers and ACH. There are no fees.
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| ===GBP===
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| The exchange accepts standard UK GBP bank transfers.
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| ==Withdrawing Funds==
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| ===BTC===
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| Bitcoins may be withdrawn at no charge.
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| ===EUR===
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| Withdrawals as SEPA transfers. A fee of 5 PLN is taken by the bank. No additional fee is charged.
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| ===PLN===
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| Withdrawals as standard polish PLN bank transfers.
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| ===USD===
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| Withdrawals are through [[Dwolla]]. There is no fee incurred from the exchange for withdrawing funds.
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| ===GBP===
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| Withdrawals as standard UK GBP bank transfers.
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| ==API==
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| See the [https://bitcoinconsultancy.com/wiki/index.php/Intersango/API API page] for more info.
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| <source lang="python">
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| import httplib
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| import urllib
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| import json
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| class Intersango:
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| ORDER_QUEUED = 'queued'
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| ORDER_OPEN = 'open'
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| ORDER_EXPIRED = 'expired'
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| ORDER_CANCELLED = 'cancelled'
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| ORDER_FULFILLED = 'fulfilled'
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| BUY = 'false'
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| SELL = 'true'
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| def __init__(self, api_key):
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| self.connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection('intersango.com')
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| self.api_key = api_key
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| def make_request(self, page, params={}):
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| headers = {"Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
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| "Connection": "Keep-Alive", "Keep-Alive": 30,
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| "Accept": "text/plain"}
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| if type(params) == dict:
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| params['api_key'] = self.api_key
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| elif type(params) == list:
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| params.append(('api_key', self.api_key))
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| else:
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| raise TypeError('Unknown parameter list type')
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| params = urllib.urlencode(params)
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| base_url = '/api/authenticated/v0.1/%s.php'%page
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| self.connection.request('POST', base_url, params, headers)
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| response = self.connection.getresponse()
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| if response.status == 404:
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| return None
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| return json.loads(response.read())
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| def accounts(self):
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| return self.make_request('listAccounts')
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| def orders(self, account_id, states=[], last_order_id=None):
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| params = [('account_id', account_id)]
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| for state in states:
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| params.append(('states[]', state))
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| if last_order_id is not None:
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| params.append(('last_order_id', last_order_id))
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| return self.make_request('listOrders', params)
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| def deposits(self, account_id):
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| return self.make_request('listDeposits', {'account_id': account_id})
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| def withdrawals(self, account_id):
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| return self.make_request('listWithdrawalRequests',
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| {'account_id': account_id})
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| def place_limit_order(self, quantity, rate, is_selling, base_id, quote_id):
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| params = {'quantity': quantity, 'rate': rate, 'selling': is_selling,
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| 'base_account_id': base_id, 'quote_account_id': quote_id}
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| return self.make_request('placeLimitOrder', params)
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| def cancel_order(self, account_id, order_id):
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| params = {'account_id': account_id, 'order_id': order_id}
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| return self.make_request('requestCancelOrder', params)
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| def cancel_withdrawal(self, account_id, withdrawal_request_id):
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| params = {'account_id': account_id,
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| 'withdrawal_request_id': withdrawal_request_id}
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| return self.make_request('cancelWithdrawalRequest', params)
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| </source>
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| Example usage:
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| <source lang="python">
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| intersango = Intersango('3223kdkk323h32kj3hkj23233j')
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| print 'Accounts: ', intersango.accounts()
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| print 'Orders: ', \
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| intersango.orders(411289412410,
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| [Intersango.ORDER_CANCELLED, Intersango.ORDER_FULFILLED])
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| print 'Deposits: ', intersango.deposits(861502532543)
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| print 'Withdrawals: ', intersango.withdrawals(702703681384)
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| intersango.place_limit_order('1', '2.0', Intersango.BUY,
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| 861502521543, 411982412410)
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| intersango.cancel_order(412989412410, 21724)
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| </source>
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| ==History==
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| The service was launched on July 6, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26543.0 Intersango.com EUR exchange is now live]</ref>. The Intersango [[:Category:Open Source|open source]] software that the exchange runs on was announced on March 17, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4579.0 Free Bitcoin exchange software- Intersango]</ref>. In September, 2011 the exchange began using a new version of the Intersango open source exchange project with two currency markets (BTC/EUR, BTC/USD) live under the Intersango brand and plans made for the third (BTC/GBP) when [[Britcoin]] accounts are migrated at a future date.
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| [[Category:Exchanges]] | | [[Category:Defunct exchanges]] |
| [[Category:eWallets]] | | [[Category:eWallets]] |
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Intersango was an exchange offering multiple trading markets for trading bitcoins against multiple currencies.
The service was launched on July 6, 2011[1]. The Intersango open source software that the exchange runs on was announced on March 17, 2011[2]. In September, 2011 the exchange began using a new version of the Intersango open source exchange project with two currency markets (BTC/EUR, BTC/USD) live under the Intersango brand and plans made for the third (BTC/GBP) when Britcoin accounts are migrated at a future date.
On October 9, 2012, the exchange announced imminent plans to shutter its BTC/USD market. On December 19, 2012, the exchange closed its BTC/GBP market after being unable to re-establish a UK banking relationship[3].
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