Measured latency to BTCBOX around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
BTCBOX latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~34 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~87 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~113 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~284 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~299 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~347 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~459 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~559 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 BTCBOX
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1): it reaches BTCBOX in about 34 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against BTCBOX from London or other distant regions. At ~559 ms (16× 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 BTCBOX's servers located?
BTCBOX responds fastest from AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1) — about 34 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Tokyo.
What is the best server location for BTCBOX?
AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1). A server there reaches BTCBOX in ~34 ms, versus ~559 ms from London — a 16× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to BTCBOX?
In our measurements: ~34 ms from Tokyo versus ~559 ms from London — a 16× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.