<blockquote>
  <p>Most of the Bitcoin exchanges, are they using 3rd party API like
  blockchain.info or running their own node?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>They're running own nodes.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I'd like to know people could make an exchange solely relay on third
  party apis and are they safe ?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>In my own opinion it's not safe to delegate service to third party services in case of money, especially if you can create and run that's service byself.</p>

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2018-01-13T06:36:39.957Z
Thanks, is there any opensource bitcoin node I can try it on my server. Bitcoin core is something like GUI based desktop application.
AH.
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2018-01-13T09:27:19.223Z
All that you need is https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoind
Roman Kiselenko
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2018-01-13T12:33:34.203Z
You may want to checkout https://bitcore.io/guides as well, as it abstracts a lot of the difficulties when building apps on top of bitcoind.
Shomari
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2018-01-13T06:25:48.467Z
2018-01-13T06:25:48.467Z
Roman Kiselenko
<p>I'd like to know how the bitcoin exchanges work. It's not about big exchanges like binance or bittrex. I'd like to know people could make an exchange solely relay on third party apis and are they safe ? </p>

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Most of the Bitcoin exchanges, are they using 3rd party API like blockchain.info or running their own node?
AH.
# Most of the Bitcoin exchanges, are they using 3rd party API like blockchain.info or running their own node?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-13)

I'd like to know how the bitcoin exchanges work. It's not about big exchanges like binance or bittrex. I'd like to know people could make an exchange solely relay on third party apis and are they safe ?

**Tags:** exchanges


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-13. Score: 2

> Most of the Bitcoin exchanges, are they using 3rd party API like
> blockchain.info or running their own node?

They're running own nodes.

> I'd like to know people could make an exchange solely relay on third
> party apis and are they safe ?

In my own opinion it's not safe to delegate service to third party services in case of money, especially if you can create and run that's service byself.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks, is there any opensource bitcoin node I can try it on my server. Bitcoin core is something like GUI based desktop application.  
> **username_1**: All that you need is https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoind  
> **username_2**: You may want to checkout https://bitcore.io/guides as well, as it abstracts a lot of the difficulties when building apps on top of bitcoind.  

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