[Kmymoney-devel] Bitcoin exchange rate

[David Houlden]

Hi again,

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thanks,
Dave.


On Saturday 29 March 2014 13:28:06 David Houlden wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I added Bitcoin (BTC) to my list of currencies in KMyMoney and set up a cash
> account with currency of BTC to represent my Bitcoin wallet. I then
> transferred some money from another account in GBP to the BTC account and
> was prompted for the exchange rate. All good so far.
> 
> However, the BTC to GBP price has been automatically added to the list of
> prices that get updated when I select Update Stock and Currency Prices and
> the source has been set up as Yahoo Currency. Yahoo does not show this
> exchange rate so I always get a failure when I update all prices.
> 
> 1. Is it possible to change the source for a currency exchange rate from
> Yahoo to something else? Maybe a custom script like I can do for stock
> prices?
> 
> 2. Is it possible to remove BTC to GBP from the list of automatic price
> updates?
> 
> 3. Am I setting this up correctly? I did wonder about treating BTC as a
> stock with a varying price just like other stocks and shares. I think this
> would solve my problem but just doesn't feel right for what is essentially
> a currency.
> 
> 4. If Yahoo Currency is hard coded as a source for exchange rates in
> KMyMoney then this might bite us one day. Some flexibility in selecting a
> source would be a good idea.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas. I'll wait and see if I get any suggestions then maybe
> raise a wishlist for this.
> 
> Dave.