user15270: For some reason Multibit is telling me bitcoin is at $460 on Bitstamp when it's closer to $490. Why is that?

user888: The exchange rate updates relatively slowly (every hour or I think for BitStamp) so as to avoid all the copies of MultiBit hitting the BitStamp servers too much.
It is obviously bitcoin that is being sent in a transaction so in any sale or purchase it is the bitcoin figure that you want to agree to rather than the "USD (Bitstamp)" or "GBP (OpenExchangeRates)" figure.

15270: <p>For some reason Multibit is telling me bitcoin is at $460 on Bitstamp when it's closer to $490. Why is that?</p>
 888: <p>The exchange rate updates relatively slowly (every hour or I think for BitStamp) so as to avoid all the copies of MultiBit hitting the BitStamp servers too much.</p>

<p>It is obviously bitcoin that is being sent in a transaction so in any sale or purchase it is the bitcoin figure that you want to agree to rather than the "USD (Bitstamp)" or "GBP (OpenExchangeRates)" figure.</p>
