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An account holder has the ability to transfer LRUSD, LREUR or EUR to another account on Bitcoin Central at no charge.
 
An account holder has the ability to transfer LRUSD, LREUR or EUR to another account on Bitcoin Central at no charge.
 
<font color="red">Note: This exchange had been experiencing service issues that had not only been affecting trading but the availability of funds held by the exchange.</font> The issues reported regarding clearing of funds have apparently been resolved and the site is fully functional again, beginning April 12th, 2011<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=4228.msg85565#msg85565 All funds at Bitcoin-Central.net frozen?]</ref>.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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* On April 4, 2011 service was again reported as being disrupted, where deposits of bitcoins were not registering and also where funding transactions were not being allocated to accounts.
 
* On April 4, 2011 service was again reported as being disrupted, where deposits of bitcoins were not registering and also where funding transactions were not being allocated to accounts.
 
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* On May 5, 2011 the operator described plans for improving service.<ref>[http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=6965.msg108116#msg108116 bitcoin central update]</ref>.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 07:35, 16 May 2011

Bitcoin-Central.net is a currency exchange that allows trading between bitcoins (BTC) and the Liberty Reserve currencies LRUSD and LREUR or EUR as well. To add EUR funds to the account, the exchange accepts Euro bank transfers.

An account holder has the ability to transfer LRUSD, LREUR or EUR to another account on Bitcoin Central at no charge.

History

  • The site was launched[1] on December 29, 2010.
  • On January 3rd, 2011 it was announced[2] that the source for Bitcoin Central will be released as a public open source project on February 1st, 2011.
  • On January 28, 2011 it was announced[3] that transferring of funds from one account to another had become available.
  • On March 30, 2011 service, which had been disrupted in the days prior, had been restored[4].
  • On May 5, 2011 the operator described plans for improving service.[5].

See Also

External Links

References

  1. Announcing bitcoin-central.net - trade USD and EUR for free!
  2. Bitcoin Central going open source ! Open your own trading site for free !
  3. Announcement of Transfer Feature
  4. All funds at Bitcoin-Central.net frozen?
    • On April 4, 2011 service was again reported as being disrupted, where deposits of bitcoins were not registering and also where funding transactions were not being allocated to accounts.
  5. bitcoin central update