Then the plasmoid should be available when you select "Add new widgets" from the desktop or the panel. Let me know if it works!
About bitcoins
Bitcoins are a decentralized electronic currency designed for easy exchange of money between individuals over the internet. They can be very useful for people who want to develop simple payment solutions without depending on big players like PayPal. They can also be extremely efficient as a micropayment scheme.
Version 0.9 is a polishing and bugfixing release. It fixes the URL and a couple other problems.
Version 0.8 fetches the data in the background to avoid freezing the desktop. A new algorithm for computing the rate is also introduced, which should still be robust but respond faster to changes in the market.
Version 0.7 improves icon placement on big screens.
Version 0.6 adds a daily volume estimate, which gives a more long-term vision of what is happening.
Version 0.5 displays the time of the last update and handle network errors more gracefully.
Version 0.4 adds a tooltip that displays current volume and the last trade price
Very nice applet, thank you!
Would it be possible to add an option for setting the source address of trading history? For example, I'd like to watch prices on https://bitcash.cz/market/index.php (history list https://bitcash.cz/market/api/BTCCZK/trades.json) rather than MtGox.
Seeing the previous comment that the plasmoid doesn't work correctly I had a quick look into the code and tried loading the API URL manually. I got a message that the address needs to be updated.
The address on line 51 of btcRate/contents/code/main.py needs to be changed from
https://mtgox.com/code/data/getTrades.php
to
https://data.mtgox.com/code/data/getTrades.php
With this URL the widget works correctly.
It no longer displays the bitcoin rate. It started off randomly showing $0.00 every now and then, now it's just blank for the past two days.
Also, there is no file in the .zip newer than June 14, 2011. I even downloaded again, but still nothing newer than that. Did the 0.9 update not get uploaded or something? Why the sudden quit working? Why no comments on here since 2011 as well??
I've never installed a non-standard plasmoid before so it is quite likely user error on my part.
This plasmoid is great! Except when I assume it is fetching new data from MtGox. Then my panel sits there 'frozen' for a few minutes. Afterwards the new data is displayed and everything is fine again.
I'm having the same problem lately. I guess the solution is to run the update in a separate thread.
If someone wants to send me a patch, it's more than welcome!
thanks a lot. I will join the network because bitcoins is a decentralized monetary system which can save the people. We need system like this for the period of time before monetary system, money itself, are abolished once and for all. Untill then, bankers literally own the people.
Will research more then maybe post more, for now thanks for this new project, im for it
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New bitcoin plasmoid is here: http://www.ambience.sk/bitcoin-price-widget-plasmoid-for-kde-plasma/
Very nice applet, thank you! Would it be possible to add an option for setting the source address of trading history? For example, I'd like to watch prices on https://bitcash.cz/market/index.php (history list https://bitcash.cz/market/api/BTCCZK/trades.json) rather than MtGox.
Seeing the previous comment that the plasmoid doesn't work correctly I had a quick look into the code and tried loading the API URL manually. I got a message that the address needs to be updated. The address on line 51 of btcRate/contents/code/main.py needs to be changed from https://mtgox.com/code/data/getTrades.php to https://data.mtgox.com/code/data/getTrades.php With this URL the widget works correctly.
Thanks for the URL change. Works for me as well.
It no longer displays the bitcoin rate. It started off randomly showing $0.00 every now and then, now it's just blank for the past two days. Also, there is no file in the .zip newer than June 14, 2011. I even downloaded again, but still nothing newer than that. Did the 0.9 update not get uploaded or something? Why the sudden quit working? Why no comments on here since 2011 as well??
This is a historical screenshot now, when was the last time you could get a bitcoin for $0.88 :)
It was only 3 months ago :)
It seems to me you forgot to update X-KDE-PluginInfo-Version field in btcRate/metadata.desktop.
Should be fixed now.
I've never installed a non-standard plasmoid before so it is quite likely user error on my part. This plasmoid is great! Except when I assume it is fetching new data from MtGox. Then my panel sits there 'frozen' for a few minutes. Afterwards the new data is displayed and everything is fine again.
I'm having the same problem lately. I guess the solution is to run the update in a separate thread. If someone wants to send me a patch, it's more than welcome!
The new version should solve your problems. Could you test it and tell me if it works better?
Seems to work better so far, thanks!
Looks like the URL you are fetching says '301 Moved Permanently' now :(
Should be fixed in the new version I just uploaded.
Appears to work again :)
thanks a lot. I will join the network because bitcoins is a decentralized monetary system which can save the people. We need system like this for the period of time before monetary system, money itself, are abolished once and for all. Untill then, bankers literally own the people. Will research more then maybe post more, for now thanks for this new project, im for it
Some explanation on what are the Bitcoins on Mt. Gox are, would be nice ;)
Good point! I added an explanation.
Neat plasmoid. I couldn't get it to install with the -u switch, but the -i switch does the trick.