Measured latency to DigiFinex around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
DigiFinex latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~66 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~108 ms |
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~176 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~232 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~296 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~371 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~399 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~460 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 DigiFinex
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Hong Kong (ap-east-1): it reaches DigiFinex in about 66 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against DigiFinex from N. California or other distant regions. At ~460 ms (7× 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 DigiFinex's servers located?
DigiFinex responds fastest from AWS Hong Kong (ap-east-1) — about 66 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Hong Kong.
What is the best server location for DigiFinex?
AWS Hong Kong (ap-east-1). A server there reaches DigiFinex in ~66 ms, versus ~460 ms from N. California — a 7× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to DigiFinex?
In our measurements: ~66 ms from Hong Kong versus ~460 ms from N. California — a 7× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.