Method and system for match making in virtual currency exchange

A system for matching virtual currency exchange requests, comprising:

• a pool of virtual currency exchange requests and transaction rules, said currency exchange requests including a current virtual currency request;
• a network initializer for creating a virtual currency exchange network from said virtual currency exchange requests, the network comprising a set of nodes and a set of edges connecting the nodes together, each of the nodes representing a virtual currency type, each of the edges representing one of the virtual currency exchange requests, and one of the edges representing said current virtual currency exchange request;
• a path identifier for identifying a plurality of paths in the network, each of said paths comprised of at least two edges of the network, each of the paths starting at and finishing at one of the nodes, and each of said paths representing one way to fulfill said current virtual currency exchange request;
• and
• a matching engine for selecting one of said paths, using a defined set of criteria, as an optimal path for fulfilling said current virtual currency exchange request.

An article of manufacture comprising

• at least one computer usable medium having computer readable program code logic to execute a machine instruction in a processing unit for matching virtual currency exchange requests, said computer readable program code logic when executing performing the following steps:
• creating a virtual currency exchange network, the network comprising a set of nodes and a set of edges connecting the nodes together, each of the nodes representing a virtual currency type, each of the edges representing a virtual currency exchange request, and one of the edges representing a current virtual currency exchange request;
• identifying a plurality of paths in the network, each of said paths comprised of at least two edges of the network, each of the paths starting at and finishing at one of the nodes, and each of said paths representing one way to fulfill said current virtual currency exchange request;
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• selecting one of said paths, using a defined set of criteria, as an optimal path for fulfilling said current virtual currency exchange request.