Here's the thing with crypto news websites - nearly all of them are terrible when it comes to functionality.

You know how it goes. Bitcoin is dropping, you urgently need information, and the website isn't opening. Or maybe it does open but takes a very long time. There are times when your information is getting compromised because they didn't put proper security measures.

CoinMinutes was built differently. Yes, we are not flawless, but we genuinely care whether our platform is functioning when you need it. It's not rocket science - it's simply doing the basics correctly.

Understanding Platform Reliability in Crypto

Platform reliability may seem like a complex concept, but it's actually quite straightforward. Are you able to use the platform when you need to? Is it working at a good speed? Are your assets safe?

That's all there is to it.

Crypto moves rapidly. Extremely rapidly. Following the collapse of Terra/Luna, traffic to crypto news sites surged by 400% in a single day. The majority of sites went down. Users couldn't get the information they needed to make their decisions.

What Makes Crypto Platforms Different

Crypto operates 24 hours a day. Markets are open continuously all over the world. News can break at any time, including 3 AM on Sundays. As a result, your platform must be able to handle these demands.

We have users in Tokyo reading market news at breakfast. Traders in London require updates during lunch. New Yorkers are looking for analysis before going to bed. That is a lot of different time zones accessing our servers.

Why Your Experience Matters

Slow websites are a thing of the past, and users will not wait for them. According to studies, if a page takes more than 3 seconds to load, visitors will leave. In the crypto market, 3 seconds can be the time when significant price changes are missed.

Using mobile devices is equally important. More than 60% of our readers access our site on their phones. If our site doesn't function perfectly on mobile, then we are essentially of no use to the majority.

Fast, mobile-first crypto experience: Every second counts.

Core Principles Guiding CoinMinutes' Reliability

Keep It Simple, Keep It Working

We are not the ones who look for flashy features that end up breaking the platform. Want to read articles about crypto? Awesome. Do you want animated dancing bitcoins? Take your business somewhere else.

One and only question is asked for every new feature: "Does this make the site more reliable or less reliable?" If it is less reliable, the feature will not be developed.

Tell the Truth About Problems

We break stuff (and thus, it is inevitable), we tell you. Not a single corporate BS lie telling you "scheduled maintenance" while in fact, our servers died.

Our status page displays the actual figures. If the site's performance is not up to par, you will be provided with the reasons. If something is out of order, you will find out when we are going to fix it.

Plan for the Worst

Murphy's Law is double for crypto.

If something could go wrong at a major market event, it most likely will.

Hence, we plan like pessimists. We have several servers situated in different countries. Backup systems are available for our backup systems. Though it is more costly, we still prefer to sleep peacefully at night.

Test Everything Twice

We never let any update go live before we have tested it by ourselves. We test it again. Then someone else verifies the test as well.

You would be shocked at the number of websites that unnecessarily break things by pushing updates straight away. We have all been in this situation - you are trying to read some crucial news and half of the page suddenly disappears.

Practical Strategies for Enhancing Reliability

Our Infrastructure Setup

Our infrastructure is based on cloud servers that are distributed in three different continents. Readers from Asia are served by a server located in Singapore. People from Europe are connected to our setup in Frankfurt. Readers from America are redirected to Virginia.

Reason? Because distance still matters on the internet. Getting an article from a server that is 5,000 miles away will take more time than getting from one that's 500 miles away.

How We Handle Traffic Spikes

Does the memory of the time when Dogecoin skyrocketed due to Elon's tweet and every crypto platform crashed still make you cringe? We don't want that to happen either.

When there is a traffic increase, our systems are designed to automatically bring in additional server capacity. It is like there are extra checkout lanes that are opened during Black Friday - only that it takes seconds instead of minutes.

Automatic extra lanes for crypto traffic spikes—no more crashes, just smooth access in seconds.

Content Protection

Coinminutes Cryptocurrency have a system in place where all the articles get saved in different locations automatically. In case our main database is unavailable, you can still access everything.

Besides, we keep the old versions of the articles as well. Made a typo? Corrected. Deleted something important by mistake? We have copies.

Illustrating the Dependability: Main Aspects at CoinMinutes

Uptime That Makes Sense

Our goal is 99.5% uptime. It may not sound like a perfect one, but the thing is - perfect uptime is practically unachievable unless you are ready to spend infrastructure costs at the level of Netflix.

The majority of our downtimes are during the hours of the planned maintenance at 3 AM Eastern on Sundays. We choose the time when the least number of people are reading.

Speed That Are Essential

The goal that we set is less than 3 seconds for any page to be fully loaded. Most of the times we are below 2 seconds.

We make photos lighter so they don't take up the bandwidth. We keep the most popular articles in memory so they can be loaded immediately. We do not waste time with our code.

Security That Does Not Require Too Much Effort

Everything is encrypted by us. Your email, your preferences for reading, even the articles which you bookmark. Everything is secure.

However, we do not force you to go through a lot of steps. There are no irritating CAPTCHAs each time you come. The password requirements don't need a person with a PhD to understand.

Mobile Experience

It is not only the desktop site that is reduced and put on the mobile site. We redesigned it particularly for the phones.

Big buttons. Easier navigation. More rapid loading. Crypto news reading while waiting for a coffee should be nice.

Conclusion

Making a trustworthy crypto news site is not flashy or exciting. No one makes a big deal of the "successful server maintenance" in their press releases.

However, this is the very thing that counts when you are looking for crypto news. You only require it to be operational.

We are not without faults. There are times when things are not working. The distinction is that we really want to fix it fast and in an honest manner.

The crypto market is distressing enough without you having to be concerned that your news source may not be available when you need it.

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