[PRE REVIEW]: bittrex: A R Client for the Bittrex Crypto-Currency Exchange

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Submitting author: @kaneplusplus (Michael Kane) Repository: https://github.com/ropensci/bittrex/ Version: v0.1.6 Editor: @arfon Reviewer: @arfon

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[arfon]

👋 @kaneplusplus - thanks for your submission to JOSS. We've recently tightened up our submission criteria for JOSS (this pre-dates your submission to rOpensci). Would you be able to add some extra language to this paper.md to address the submission criteria. In particular, this item:

• Your software should have an obvious research application

Could you confirm here that there is a research application for this software (and explain what that application is in the paper)? The section 'what should my paper contain' has some guidance for the sort of content we're looking to be present in the paper.md.

Many thanks!

[kaneplusplus]

@arfon Yes, this is not problem and I'm happy to make this clearer. I confirm this does have research applications. A few financial/economics research areas and topics include:

• Comparisons between semi-regulated markets (bittrex) to traditional, regulated markets.
• Microfinancing for start-ups using initial coin offerings.
• Quantifying the value of non-traditional products and services.
• Systemic risk of multiple crypto-currencies on the same block chain.
• Crypto-coins as a proxy for sports betting where sports betting is illegal.

I will clean this up and revise paper.md in the next couple of days and follow up.

[kaneplusplus]

@afron The extra language has been added. Please let me know if you need anything else.

[arfon]

@afron The extra language has been added. Please let me know if you need anything else.

@kaneplusplus many thanks.

[arfon]

@kaneplusplus - could you link to the rOpensci onboarding thread here please?

[karthik]

@arfon https://github.com/ropensci/onboarding/issues/120

[arfon]

@whedon set @arfon as reviewer

[arfon]

@whedon start review magic-word=bananas

[arfon]

@whedon assign @arfon as reviewer

[whedon]

OK, the reviewer is @arfon

[arfon]

@whedon start review magic-word=bananas

[whedon]

OK, I've started the review over in https://github.com/openjournals/joss-reviews/issues/402. Feel free to close this issue now!