# Centralized Digital Coin Exchanges

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/centralized-digital-coin-exchanges/3385>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 8, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/centralized-digital-coin-exchanges/3385 "2017-11-08T13:34:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/manfredkarrer/32/26_2.png) [@ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/u/ManfredKarrer)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/centralized-digital-coin-exchanges/3385/21 "2017-11-09T21:21:40Z")

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@Emzy Thanks for clearification!

Btw Bisq does not use exit nodes for the P2P network as it is all hidden service. Just the non-onion bitcoin nodes get connected over exit nodes.

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**Author:** ![ganganath](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/ganganath/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@ganganath](https://bisq.community/u/ganganath)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/centralized-digital-coin-exchanges/3385/22 "2017-11-10T08:21:39Z")

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Yes. I thought people buy/sell through the website.  
I use bittrex and use their website to buy/sell.  
May be my understanding of bittrex is wrong as well. I haven’t packet analyzed the traffic for bittrex.  
By the way, do you think all the exchages work like BISQ. Then it is good news.

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**Author:** ![Emzy](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/emzy/32/381_2.png) [@Emzy](https://bisq.community/u/Emzy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/centralized-digital-coin-exchanges/3385/23 "2017-11-10T08:27:32Z")

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No most other Exchanges are just normal websites like Bittrex, Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Kraken, Coinbase…  
Even if they using CDNs or anycast they need to have a central trading matching engine. So they are by design central.  
But there are not one Exchange there are may so they are in some way decentralized as a whole.  
Best Emzy

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**Author:** ![ganganath](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/ganganath/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@ganganath](https://bisq.community/u/ganganath)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:34am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/centralized-digital-coin-exchanges/3385/24 "2017-11-10T08:34:55Z")

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Thanks Emzy,

This is a good conversation for me. We are a Japanese ISP having network extension from Tokyo, Okinawa to Hong Kong. US and Europe as well soon.  
Is there any reward by hosting a Tor Node or it a voluntary work done by the community. If there are rewards we are more than happy to host couple of Tor in geographically diverse locations.

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**Author:** ![ganganath](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/ganganath/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@ganganath](https://bisq.community/u/ganganath)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/centralized-digital-coin-exchanges/3385/25 "2017-11-10T23:22:46Z")

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We are a Japanese ISP having network extension from Tokyo, Okinawa to Hong Kong. US and Europe as well soon.  
Is there any reward by hosting a Tor Node or it a voluntary work done by the community. If there are rewards we are more than happy to host couple of Tor in geographically diverse locations.

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