snazzybytes/bitcoin-scripts-python

Bitcoin related scripts in python for learning purposes (calculating bitcoin halving date, sats per fiat unit, etc)

Bitcoin Scripts with Python

Table of Contents

• About
• Getting Started
• Usage

About

Small collection of Bitcoin related scripts in Python for learning purposes as we go down the rabbit hole 🐇🕳.

😤 Don't Trust, Verify 😤!!!

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btcfiat.py

• returns "price" + "sat per fiat" for requested currency (defaults to USD)
• uses Coinbase API as data source

btchalving.py

• uses Mempool API to calculate "Bitcoin Halving Date" by fetching bitcoin block data for given time range (3 days default, configurable via TimeRange enum)
• uses config.ini properties (defaults provided)
  • change [BitcoinHalving] config section to use your personal mempool api URL

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Getting Started

Clone this repo to run the scripts on your local machine. Play around, explore, debug, modify.

If you have "Mempool" running on your own ⚡️ node (UmbrelOS/EmbassyOS/etc), change "config.ini" to point to your own URLs instead

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+ installed

Usage

btcfiat.py

example

# defaults to USD
python btcfiat.py

# with requested currency
python btcfiat.py -c EUR

btchalving.py

python btchalving.py

(Optional) You can also choose different TimeRange enum by changing btchalving.py:

# run the script
estimateHalvingDateTime(TimeRange.THREE_DAYS)

Sample config.ini

[DEFAULT]
blockTipHeightUrl = https://mempool.space/api/blocks/tip/height
blockDataUrl = https://mempool.space/api/v1/mining/blocks/sizes-weights/

[BitcoinHalving]
blockTipHeightUrl = https://YourLocalMempoolURL/api/blocks/tip/height
blockDataUrl = https://YourLocalMempoolURL/api/v1/mining/blocks/sizes-weights/