Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F8EF9FA for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2017 23:29:28 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 00:15:03 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from blaine.gmane.org (unknown [195.159.176.226]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4F2C12F for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2017 23:29:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cl1pV-0006Yf-32 for bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org; Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:14:13 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org From: Andreas Schildbach Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 00:14:13 +0100 Message-ID: References: <201703040827.33798.luke@dashjr.org> <1488778644.2205.1.camel@mmci.uni-saarland.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.7.0 In-Reply-To: <1488778644.2205.1.camel@mmci.uni-saarland.de> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Currency/exchange rate information API X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Protocol Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:29:28 -0000 On 03/06/2017 06:37 AM, Tim Ruffing via bitcoin-dev wrote: > And is the historical rate thing really necessary > for typical applications? Yes, it is. Basically all incoming transactions are historical, as your wallet is likely not online when it happens.