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Why does the bitcoin price differ on different exchanges?


There are delays trading between dollars and bitcoins so as the different exchanges vary, people can't easily arbitrage it and close the gap.


Bitcoin is more expensive on MtGox because there are severe delays when getting dollars out


Because the price is based on what people are offering them for/buying them for on the different exchanges.

Because different exchanges make it easier/harder to work with different currencies, different people use them.


Because they are sold in different markets. Its just like a fish or vegetable market, supply and demand at the market will set the price. The difference with traditional currency markets is those markets are very deep and competitive so the slightest discrepancy in price between markets is an arbitrage opportunity for someone which then pushes the price in line with other markets.

The more liquidity there is on the BitCoin markets, the less the price will differ. BitCoin just doesn't have that sort of liquidity or market depth yet.


Mad panic to buy means people aren't price sensitive by a few %. "$930 for $900 of bitcoins? Sure no problem, it'll be $950 tomorrow" kinda thing.


I believe it has to do with the likelihood that you'll be able to sell? Some exchanges have a lot more users.


I really love it. Just one minor suggestion, when the list of episodes requires a scroll (eg. Castle), the back and remove from favorites button should still be present at he bottom without a need to scroll.


Good suggestion. simple to implement. makes it more friendly


Why does the an episode show a magnet even if its not availabe on pirateshit.com ? http://i.imgur.com/0CLIK.png

Edit: I mean like S07E07. Great idea for a plugin though - I love it.


Thanks!

Currently there's no logic there yet. It's just a search that happens when you click the link. It automatically assumes that series aired today are available on tpb already, so it shows the magnet links there. That'll all change when i add the automatic monitoring and launching :)


Has been implemented in v 0.3!


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