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Show HN: Balances – Mint for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

94 points by alexkiwi 12y ago

kanzure 12y ago
There's also http://cryptofolio.info/ http://cryptofolio.info/ which consumes feeds from multiple exchanges per asset type to show either an average or a preferred provider.
dewey 12y ago
This looks awesome, signed up and added all my wallets but I think i'm experiencing a bug (https://balances.io/users/twofactor_qr https://balances.io/users/twofactor_qr) seems to be blank.
- joshstrange 12y ago
  Same here, I like the interface and enjoy being able to easily see all my balances and don't need 2FA as this is view-only but I like to enable 2FA whenever possible.
- wellsosaurus 12y ago
  Sorry about that, guys. We're looking into it right now.
- ianhirschfeld 12y ago
  Hey guys, I just pushed a fix for this. Sorry about that! Thanks for letting us know.
  - dewey 12y ago
    Just enabled it and works as expected. Thanks for the quick fix! Edit: Loving the gifs btw!
googletron 12y ago
For those of you interested in tracking more coin than just Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Dogecoin! Check out the beautiful http://getfortuneapp.com/ http://getfortuneapp.com/
jeffpalmer 12y ago
This is exactly what I have been looking for! I just signed up and added a couple of wallet addresses and I have to say, it looks really good. I can't wait for the iOS app, any info on an approximate release timeframe?
- ianhirschfeld 12y ago
  Glad you are enjoying it! In terms of iPhone release timeline we are still working out the exact date. It will be after the launch of iOS 8 however.
nXqd 12y ago
This one looks fantastic :)
marban 12y ago
On a related note, http://www.currly.com http://www.currly.com is a place for a compiled view on digital currency news.
martin_ 12y ago
It doesn't show any of the BTC I purchased from coinbase, only the $20 worth I got via TinkerCoin
- ianhirschfeld 12y ago
  Is it possible you have more than one account/wallet on Coinbase? We currently only pull 1 account from Coinbase (whichever one is your first). We are working on making it pull all your accounts.
  - martin_ 12y ago
    Nope, only one! I definitely clicked "get address" on a wallet which had significantly more bitcoin.
    - wellsosaurus 12y ago
      Did you use the Coinbase integration[0] or add an address from Coinbase manually? The latter will likely not work due to the way Coinbase generates addresses for each transaction. [0]: https://balances.io/coinbase/auth https://balances.io/coinbase/auth
diminoten 12y ago
Mildly off-topic, but a fun side effect of this site's demographic is when someone does a "Show HN", competitors regularly show up in the comments section and try to convince you how the submitted app is no good, and to try their app. It's almost a view into the viability of the market (or whatever it's called) to see how many competitors comment - the more, the better. Right?
Atlas 12y ago
Thank you for using a limited oauth scope for Coinbase. Had you not, I would not have connected to Coinbase. I do wish that you had a transaction history more like Mint does. The balance only isn't too useful for me.
- ianhirschfeld 12y ago
  No problem! :) Transactions are in progress (https://balances.io/transactions https://balances.io/transactions). Definitely something we want for ourselves as well, and we'll get it released ASAP.
jackjeff 12y ago
Since I used the Bitcoin-Core to send/spend bitcoins, the export instructions from https://balances.io/import_instructions https://balances.io/import_instructions will not work. The balance displayed is much less than what the wallet contains, because of the internal addresses from the key pool. See http://blog.barthe.ph/2014/04/03/bitcoin-balance-differs/ http://blog.barthe.ph/2014/04/03/bitcoin-balance-differs/
- ianhirschfeld 12y ago
  Hmm, we will definitely look into this, thanks!
arasmussen 12y ago
Or you could just use Mint
dalek2point3 12y ago
will there be something like https://coinbase.com/docs/api/overview https://coinbase.com/docs/api/overview?
- ianhirschfeld 12y ago
  We aren't currently opening up our API to the public. However, if there is enough demand for it (http://balances.uservoice.com/forums/244164-suggestions http://balances.uservoice.com/forums/244164-suggestions), we might open it up sooner rather than later.
frozenport 12y ago
We can only pray that your crypto is good. Recall the problems that bigger sites had.
- ch0wn 12y ago
  Since they don't touch private keys at all I don't think they'll be that big of a target.
  - wellsosaurus 12y ago
    Correct. Though there is an issue of plausible deniability if we do get breached, assuming a user who absolutely requires it used a username that can be tied back to them. We're working on a solution for that. If you require plausible deniability to be safe or avoid incarceration, I would recommend not using Balances at this time – I obviously can't guarantee that we are safe from a very motivated intruder, but we have taken many paranoid precautions to avoid such a breach.
imkevinxu 12y ago
The dogecoin lookup seems to be broken, 0 DOGE for all my dogecoin wallets
- imkevinxu 12y ago
  Nevermind, apparently the Dogecoin QT app makes new addresses every time coins are sent out so I had to track all my coins to the last one that still had all my coins
  - ianhirschfeld 12y ago
    Ya we are looking into a way to better import addresses when the data is formatted like that.
bjeanes 12y ago
And just like that your wallets aren't anonymous anymore or at least are tied to each other beyond transactions between them. Seriously, though, this is kinda neat.
- ps4fanboy 12y ago
  Wallets arent anonymous they are all in the block chain.
  - iamshs 12y ago
    I think he/she meant that now the bitcoin addresses can be tied to an individual, as this app is running on mobile.
  - jnbiche 12y ago
    Incorrect. There are no "wallets" on the blockchain. In fact, the blockchain is not even organized by address. The blockchain is simply a ledger of inputs and outputs, most of which refer to a certain address or addresses (but not to wallets). If someone uses a new Bitcoin address for each transaction, there is no way outside of statistical analysis (which may not even work in many cases) to know which addresses belongs to which wallets.

94 points by alexkiwi 12y ago

There's also http://cryptofolio.info/ http://cryptofolio.info/ which consumes feeds from multiple exchanges per asset type to show either an average or a preferred provider.

dewey 12y ago

This looks awesome, signed up and added all my wallets but I think i'm experiencing a bug (https://balances.io/users/twofactor_qr https://balances.io/users/twofactor_qr) seems to be blank.

joshstrange 12y ago
Same here, I like the interface and enjoy being able to easily see all my balances and don't need 2FA as this is view-only but I like to enable 2FA whenever possible.
wellsosaurus 12y ago
Sorry about that, guys. We're looking into it right now.
ianhirschfeld 12y ago
Hey guys, I just pushed a fix for this. Sorry about that! Thanks for letting us know.
- dewey 12y ago
  Just enabled it and works as expected. Thanks for the quick fix! Edit: Loving the gifs btw!

googletron 12y ago

For those of you interested in tracking more coin than just Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Dogecoin! Check out the beautiful http://getfortuneapp.com/ http://getfortuneapp.com/

jeffpalmer 12y ago

This is exactly what I have been looking for! I just signed up and added a couple of wallet addresses and I have to say, it looks really good. I can't wait for the iOS app, any info on an approximate release timeframe?

ianhirschfeld 12y ago
Glad you are enjoying it! In terms of iPhone release timeline we are still working out the exact date. It will be after the launch of iOS 8 however.

nXqd 12y ago

This one looks fantastic :)

marban 12y ago

On a related note, http://www.currly.com http://www.currly.com is a place for a compiled view on digital currency news.

martin_ 12y ago

It doesn't show any of the BTC I purchased from coinbase, only the $20 worth I got via TinkerCoin

ianhirschfeld 12y ago
Is it possible you have more than one account/wallet on Coinbase? We currently only pull 1 account from Coinbase (whichever one is your first). We are working on making it pull all your accounts.
- martin_ 12y ago
  Nope, only one! I definitely clicked "get address" on a wallet which had significantly more bitcoin.
  - wellsosaurus 12y ago
    Did you use the Coinbase integration[0] or add an address from Coinbase manually? The latter will likely not work due to the way Coinbase generates addresses for each transaction. [0]: https://balances.io/coinbase/auth https://balances.io/coinbase/auth

diminoten 12y ago

Mildly off-topic, but a fun side effect of this site's demographic is when someone does a "Show HN", competitors regularly show up in the comments section and try to convince you how the submitted app is no good, and to try their app. It's almost a view into the viability of the market (or whatever it's called) to see how many competitors comment - the more, the better. Right?

Atlas 12y ago

Thank you for using a limited oauth scope for Coinbase. Had you not, I would not have connected to Coinbase. I do wish that you had a transaction history more like Mint does. The balance only isn't too useful for me.

ianhirschfeld 12y ago
No problem! :) Transactions are in progress (https://balances.io/transactions https://balances.io/transactions). Definitely something we want for ourselves as well, and we'll get it released ASAP.

jackjeff 12y ago

Since I used the Bitcoin-Core to send/spend bitcoins, the export instructions from https://balances.io/import_instructions https://balances.io/import_instructions will not work. The balance displayed is much less than what the wallet contains, because of the internal addresses from the key pool. See http://blog.barthe.ph/2014/04/03/bitcoin-balance-differs/ http://blog.barthe.ph/2014/04/03/bitcoin-balance-differs/

ianhirschfeld 12y ago
Hmm, we will definitely look into this, thanks!

arasmussen 12y ago

Or you could just use Mint

dalek2point3 12y ago

will there be something like https://coinbase.com/docs/api/overview https://coinbase.com/docs/api/overview?

ianhirschfeld 12y ago
We aren't currently opening up our API to the public. However, if there is enough demand for it (http://balances.uservoice.com/forums/244164-suggestions http://balances.uservoice.com/forums/244164-suggestions), we might open it up sooner rather than later.

frozenport 12y ago

We can only pray that your crypto is good. Recall the problems that bigger sites had.

ch0wn 12y ago
Since they don't touch private keys at all I don't think they'll be that big of a target.
- wellsosaurus 12y ago
  Correct. Though there is an issue of plausible deniability if we do get breached, assuming a user who absolutely requires it used a username that can be tied back to them. We're working on a solution for that. If you require plausible deniability to be safe or avoid incarceration, I would recommend not using Balances at this time – I obviously can't guarantee that we are safe from a very motivated intruder, but we have taken many paranoid precautions to avoid such a breach.

imkevinxu 12y ago

The dogecoin lookup seems to be broken, 0 DOGE for all my dogecoin wallets

imkevinxu 12y ago
Nevermind, apparently the Dogecoin QT app makes new addresses every time coins are sent out so I had to track all my coins to the last one that still had all my coins
- ianhirschfeld 12y ago
  Ya we are looking into a way to better import addresses when the data is formatted like that.

bjeanes 12y ago

And just like that your wallets aren't anonymous anymore or at least are tied to each other beyond transactions between them. Seriously, though, this is kinda neat.

ps4fanboy 12y ago
Wallets arent anonymous they are all in the block chain.
- iamshs 12y ago
  I think he/she meant that now the bitcoin addresses can be tied to an individual, as this app is running on mobile.
- jnbiche 12y ago
  Incorrect. There are no "wallets" on the blockchain. In fact, the blockchain is not even organized by address. The blockchain is simply a ledger of inputs and outputs, most of which refer to a certain address or addresses (but not to wallets). If someone uses a new Bitcoin address for each transaction, there is no way outside of statistical analysis (which may not even work in many cases) to know which addresses belongs to which wallets.