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MtGox Live is a financial information service that provides a real-time visual display of the buy (bid) and sell (ask) orders currently open on [[MtGox]] exchange along with real time trades and trade history.
 
MtGox Live is a financial information service that provides a real-time visual display of the buy (bid) and sell (ask) orders currently open on [[MtGox]] exchange along with real time trades and trade history.
 
This service was first seen in early May, 2011, but first appeared in the forum on May 29, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10540.0 MtGox Live - live trades, price resistances and market rates]</ref>.  It first appeared under the name, ''mtgoxlive.bco.in'' but later changed it's name to ''mtgoxlive.com''.
 
  
 
The page <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">requires a browser that</span> supports Websockets<ref>[http://dev.w3.org/html5/websockets/ The Websockets API]</ref>.  Apple Safari<ref>[http://www.apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari]</ref> and Google Chrome<ref>[http://www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome]</ref> are two such browsers that support Websockets.  Firefox also supports through about:config.  The website also works with any ajax browser, including android.
 
The page <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">requires a browser that</span> supports Websockets<ref>[http://dev.w3.org/html5/websockets/ The Websockets API]</ref>.  Apple Safari<ref>[http://www.apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari]</ref> and Google Chrome<ref>[http://www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome]</ref> are two such browsers that support Websockets.  Firefox also supports through about:config.  The website also works with any ajax browser, including android.
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MtGox Live has further grown to provide an Android and iOS application and a bitcoin address shortener service, btc.to.
 
MtGox Live has further grown to provide an Android and iOS application and a bitcoin address shortener service, btc.to.
 
The Bitcoin trading community can chat in the {{Freenode IRC|mtgoxlive}} IRC channel on Freenode.
 
The Bitcoin trading community can chat in the {{Freenode IRC|mtgoxlive}} IRC channel on Freenode.
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==History==
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This service was first seen in early May, 2011, but first appeared in the forum on May 29, 2011<ref>[http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=10540.0 MtGox Live - live trades, price resistances and market rates]</ref>.  It first appeared under the name, ''mtgoxlive.bco.in'' but later changed it's name to ''mtgoxlive.com''.
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On July 19, 2011 the service was acquired by Mt. Gox<ref>[https://mtgox.com/press_release_20110719.html World's Leading Bitcoin Exchange, Mt.Gox, acquires MtGoxLive.com]</ref>.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 19:48, 19 July 2011

MtGox Live is a financial information service that provides a real-time visual display of the buy (bid) and sell (ask) orders currently open on MtGox exchange along with real time trades and trade history.

The page requires a browser that supports Websockets[1]. Apple Safari[2] and Google Chrome[3] are two such browsers that support Websockets. Firefox also supports through about:config. The website also works with any ajax browser, including android.

MtGox Live has further grown to provide an Android and iOS application and a bitcoin address shortener service, btc.to. The Bitcoin trading community can chat in the IRC Web #mtgoxlive IRC channel on Freenode.

History

This service was first seen in early May, 2011, but first appeared in the forum on May 29, 2011[4]. It first appeared under the name, mtgoxlive.bco.in but later changed it's name to mtgoxlive.com.

On July 19, 2011 the service was acquired by Mt. Gox[5].

External Links

References