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    For some well-known reason, I am a big fan of the theory of cryptanarchism , and the emergence and development of the anonymous decentralized currency Bitcoin especially inspires me. But recently, one after the other there have been several unpleasant incidents that generally reduce people's confidence in this currency:

    habrahabr.ru/post/122350 The Electronic Frontier Fund explained why it stopped accepting Bitcoin.
    habrahabr.ru/post/136130 and habrahabr.ru/post/136063 Qiwi blocks the wallets of Bitcoin users
    habrahabr.ru/post/138153 Bitcoin: the first wave of banking pressure (MasterCard)
    habrahabr.ru/post/139314Hacked servers on Linode, about 50K BTC ($ 250K) stolen. Under attack: Bitcoinica (lost more than 43,000 bitcoins of client money), Czech mining pool slush, etc.

    All of this caused me concern, because it seems that it has become impossible to exchange cyber currency for banknotes of any country. But, as a tireless enthusiast, I, in order to prove to myself and others that everything is not so bad, decided to do a small amateur review of the exchanges and exchangers currently existing. First of all, I was interested in whether there are new trading floors, which indirectly indicates the continuation of the development process of bitcoin-movement.


    Here are the resources that you can find information about while wandering around specialized forums:
    1. MtGox - the largest volume exchange exchange, also the oldest. It was hacked several times in a row. Known for its brakes with the execution of transactions during periods of peak loads (measured in minutes, and sometimes in tens of minutes). Commission is measured by the user's trading volume. You trade more - pay less.
    2. BTC-e - supports the Russian language and a variety of ways of depositing / withdrawing funds, as well as alternative cryptocurrencies.
    3. Intersango - British Exchange, 0.65% commission on all transactions. Scripts responsible for the operation of the exchange are open.
    4. CryptoXChange - a relatively young Australian exchange. Actively developed at the end of last year, but with the advent of volumes it began to slow down in work. Supports Australian dollars. A fixed commission of 0.5%.
    5. Bitcoinica is not exactly an exchange, but rather a forex office. It allows you to make operations on the temporary purchase and sale of bitcoins against the US dollar with a large leverage, which makes it possible to earn (lose) a lot of money. Has gained great popularity. At this office, a fixed-rate exchanger operates.
    6. CampBX is a platform that many expected to open in 2011. However, despite all this, despite the beautiful website that assures of the total safety of working with it, it did not gain much popularity due to inconvenience of use and brakes in work.
    7. ICBIT- One of the youngest and most progressive exchanges. According to the bitcointalk.org forum, the development of this exchange began almost a year ago, as a market for derivatives (futures contracts), but then the developers said that the trading platform is universal, and the first step will be the launch of the currency exchange section. After correspondence with technical support of the exchange, I found out that the beta test with real transactions was launched just a couple of weeks ago. In fact, bidding is already underway. Its partners include the largest pool deepbit.net and the leading payment gateway aurumxchange.com

    I urge all sympathizers in the comments to share their experience in this field, as well as reviews of the stockexchange mentioned or not mentioned by me. Comments from the point of view of information security audit are very welcome.

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