Measured latency to Zaif around the world
REST ticker round-trip from eight AWS regions
Zaif latency from eight AWS regions
| AWS region | Round-trip |
|---|---|
| Tokyo ap-northeast-1 | ~26 ms |
| Seoul ap-northeast-2 | ~88 ms |
| Hong Kong ap-east-1 | ~114 ms |
| Singapore ap-southeast-1 | ~171 ms |
| N. California us-west-1 | ~198 ms |
| N. Virginia us-east-1 | ~302 ms |
| London eu-west-1 | ~340 ms |
| Frankfurt eu-central-1 | ~400 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 Zaif
Host your trading server or bot in AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1): it reaches Zaif in about 26 ms, fast enough that order placement and market data stay effectively real-time.
Avoid running latency-sensitive strategies against Zaif from Frankfurt or other distant regions. At ~400 ms (15× 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 Zaif's servers located?
Zaif responds fastest from AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1) — about 26 ms round-trip — which places its API infrastructure in or near Tokyo.
What is the best server location for Zaif?
AWS Tokyo (ap-northeast-1). A server there reaches Zaif in ~26 ms, versus ~400 ms from Frankfurt — a 15× difference on every API call.
How much does server location change latency to Zaif?
In our measurements: ~26 ms from Tokyo versus ~400 ms from Frankfurt — a 15× spread. Every order and every orderbook update pays this tax in both directions.