Measured latency to Bitbank around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
Bitbank latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~31 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~146 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~181 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~324 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~461 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~617 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~713 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~739 ms |
Indicative REST round-trips from our multi-region measurements — for comparing regions, not an SLA. WebSocket feeds are faster in absolute terms, but the regional proportions hold.
Best server location for trading on Bitbank
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1): it reaches Bitbank in about 31 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against Bitbank from London or other distant regions. At ~739 ms (24× the co-located figure) every price you see is stale before you can act on it, and that staleness turns into slippage on every market order.
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Where are Bitbank's servers located?
Bitbank responds fastest from AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1) — about 31 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Tokyo.
What is the best server location for Bitbank?
AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1). A server there reaches Bitbank in ~31 ms, versus ~739 ms from London — a 24× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to Bitbank?
In our measurements: ~31 ms from Tokyo versus ~739 ms from London — a 24× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.