Britcoin

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Britcoin is the first UK exchange offering GBP trading (BTC/GBP).

Traders add funds (GBP or BTC) to the site and then place orders to buy and sell. Britcoin acts as an escrow. The site charges no trading fees.

Funds are credited after trading immediately to accounts wherein they can be withdrawn off-site.

Bitcoin Consultancy operates this exchange as well as the Intersango EUR exchange.

The source code and artwork is freely available under the GPL3.

Trading

Buying

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.

Selling

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.

Dark Pool

No support for dark pools exist.

Fees

Trading

Free (for a limited time).

Adding Funds

BTC

There are no fees incurred when when transferring bitcoins for deposit. Funds are available once confirmed (6 confirms), a process that can take roughly an hour.

GBP bank deposit

The exchange charges no fees for a direct bank deposit. Details are available on site and the user will need to quote a reference code from their account. No fees.

Withdrawing Funds

BTC

Bitcoins may be withdrawn at no charge.

GBP bank deposit

There is a fee for withdrawing funds.

Enter your bank details on the withdraw screen and the money should be credited to your account within 5 days.

API

Currently the Britcoin API is undergoing initial development to provide support for trading bots and spiders.

History

The service was opened on March 26, 2011[1]. Intersango, the open source software that the exchange runs on, was announced on March 17, 2011[2].

See Also

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