<p>All exchanges provide the real value, relative to the trades on their exchange. The value of a Bitcoin can be different on different exchanges because people are buying at different rates. It's the last price a Bitcoin sold for that determines the value of the coin on the exchange. </p>

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Laser-Lance
<p>There is no such thing as a the "real" value.</p>

<p>The value of Bitcoin as denoted in another currency (USD, EUR, etc...) is based on how many people are buying and selling, and in what quantities.  On different exchanges, there are different numbers of people buying and selling different amounts of bitcoin.  Each exchange calculates its current posted value based on the quantity and amount of the <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bid.asp" rel="nofollow">bid</a> and <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/ask.asp" rel="nofollow">ask</a> orders currently on the exchange.  The results will be different from exchange to exchange, because people are buying and selling differently on these exchanges.</p>

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2016-08-08T21:05:46.193Z
Another question: Do you know what the "most popular" exchange is?  The one that most mobile/online bitcoin converters use?
Mark
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2016-08-09T00:18:13.737Z
No, not really.  Most wallets that do conversion rates have a setting to choose which exchange to pull from.
Jestin
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Jestin
<p>I have seen a lot of Bitcoin exchanges, BTC-e, Coinbase, Bitstamp,  LocalBitcoins and Bitfinex. (I saw those on blockchain.info)  But which one of them is the real bitcoin value?</p>

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What Bitcoin exchange is the real bitcoin value?
Mark
# What Bitcoin exchange is the real bitcoin value?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-08)

I have seen a lot of Bitcoin exchanges, BTC-e, Coinbase, Bitstamp, LocalBitcoins and Bitfinex. (I saw those on blockchain.info) But which one of them is the real bitcoin value?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-08-08. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

There is no such thing as a the "real" value.

The value of Bitcoin as denoted in another currency (USD, EUR, etc...) is based on how many people are buying and selling, and in what quantities. On different exchanges, there are different numbers of people buying and selling different amounts of bitcoin. Each exchange calculates its current posted value based on the quantity and amount of the [bid](http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bid.asp) and [ask](http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/ask.asp) orders currently on the exchange. The results will be different from exchange to exchange, because people are buying and selling differently on these exchanges.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Another question: Do you know what the "most popular" exchange is?  The one that most mobile/online bitcoin converters use?  
> **username_2**: No, not really.  Most wallets that do conversion rates have a setting to choose which exchange to pull from.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-06-28. Score: 0

All exchanges provide the real value, relative to the trades on their exchange. The value of a Bitcoin can be different on different exchanges because people are buying at different rates. It's the last price a Bitcoin sold for that determines the value of the coin on the exchange.


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