[narrator]

And here I thought it was Bitcoin that had scaling issues. Someone should make a futures market for Bitcoin on the Ethereum block chain settled in ETH just for irony.

[michaelchisari]

It's just the website. Per twitter, "All trading systems are operating normally."

[nerdponx]

I'm honestly surprised that there aren't more crypto financial instruments that are implemented/valued in other cryptos.

[55555]

The problem is they are heavily correlated in downward movement. They all crash together. So you cant effectively short BTC in ETH because even if you win, you lose.

[ro_sharp]

Take a look at ripple

[billylindeman]

bitshares might be of interest to you. It has a handful of derivative assets such as bitUSD,bitCNY,bitBTC..

[pmorici]

Eth is totally fubar right now due to cryptokitties

[mrgordon]

Actually the gas prices are way down. Its working fine for me

[pmorici]

Looks like it is clearing up a bit. Had been waiting in excess of 48 hours for a token transfer. wasn't confidence inspiring.

[0xdada]

You can use https://ethgasstation.info/ to determine the best gas price to use.

[decentralised]

The trading that happens on exchanges is done off-chain.