CORRECTIONS
Corrections
Every substantive correction to this site is logged here — what changed, why, and when. That includes the ones caught during the build, before anything was published.
Publishing what we got wrong is part of what an information site owes its readers. The entries below were caught while building the English section, before publication. They are logged anyway, because they show where this subject is easy to get wrong.
2026-09-02 · An exchange rate pair that looked right and wasn't
What changed: we investigated using an Australian-dollar bitcoin pair from the public price feed so that Australian readers could compare a machine's AUD quote directly. We tested it, found the returned figure implausible for bitcoin priced in Australian dollars, and did not use it. The tools continue to fetch a US dollar price, now clearly labelled as such.
Why: the value returned was far below what the prevailing exchange rate implied, meaning the ticker was not what the name suggested. Had we wired it up on the assumption that the name matched the meaning, every Australian reader would have been shown a markup figure that was badly wrong — and wrong in the flattering direction, making machines look cheaper than they are.
Affected: the spread checker and the calculator, in both languages.
2026-09-02 · Manual price entry made permanent, not just a fallback
What changed: both price-dependent tools originally switched to manual entry only if the price request failed. They now offer a manual toggle at all times, alongside a note that both figures must be in the same currency.
Why: a working price feed with a currency mismatch is worse than a failed one. A reader whose machine quotes Australian dollars, comparing against a US dollar price, would have received a confident and completely incorrect percentage with nothing on screen to suggest anything was amiss. A failure at least announces itself; a silent mismatch does not.
2026-09-02 · Flat per-transaction fees added to the cost picture
What changed: the cost articles originally described bitcoin ATM charges as a percentage fee plus a rate spread. Published Australian operator information shows several also apply a fixed dollar amount per transaction, so that layer was added.
Why: it materially changes the maths at the small end. A fixed charge is negligible on a large purchase and severe on a small one, which reverses the common assumption that small amounts are the safer way to try a machine. Leaving it out would have understated the cost for exactly the readers most likely to be making a first, small purchase.
Affected: what it really costs, why fees are so high, and the short list.
How corrections are handled
- Substantive errors — wrong data, wrong conclusion, wrong instructions — are fixed in the article and logged here with what changed and why.
- Non-substantive edits — typos, phrasing, layout — are made without a log entry.
- Currency updates — fees, limits and regulation shift over time. Figures and check dates are updated, and if a conclusion changes as a result, that is logged here.
Found something wrong? Write to [email protected] saying which page and which passage. Specific reports get dealt with first.
One commitment worth stating: we do not quietly change a conclusion and carry on as though it had always said that. If the substance of an article shifts, it appears on this page.