[Kmymoney-devel] Bitcoin exchange rate

[David Houlden]

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.