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Command-line Bitcoin price board

59 points by guoyu 13y ago

vezzy-fnord 13y ago
Not bad. One of the better price tickers I've seen.
- guoyu 13y ago
  thank you for trying :p
SkyMarshal 13y ago
Speaking of BTC tickers, I also recently discovered this amazing, pure HTML, Bloomberg-terminal-like realtime BTC price site: http://bitcoinwisdom.com/ http://bitcoinwisdom.com/
- bonestamp2 13y ago
  I like this one as well. I doesn't have as much data, but I think the area chart is easier to read than the candlestick. http://bitcoinity.org/markets/ http://bitcoinity.org/markets/
  - patrickk 13y ago
    Bitcoinwisdom lets you change the chart style under settings.
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  If only it didn't hang on "Loading..."
- jstanley 13y ago
  This is similar but seems to have more order book data: http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/ http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/
salient 13y ago
It saddens me that so much focus is being put on the price speculation aspect of Bitcoin. 9 out of 10 articles I see about Bitcoin are about its price. The last Senate hearing on Bitcoin was already quite aggressive about this, and some suggested that maybe Bitcoin should be regulated as a commodity instead. Hopefully this price speculation frenzy of Bitcoin users won't lead to its demise, and to Bitcoin being declared (or at least thought about) as irreparably not a currency.
- SkyMarshal 13y ago
  Agreed, I feel the same way, though I'm not surprised b/c price fluctuations (and ex-post narrative explaining them) is what the mainstream financial press pays most attention to anyway, no matter the medium.
- bonestamp2 13y ago
  If retail transactions reach significant volume, I think speculation will be significantly reduced since the value should be more stable like fiat currencies. So, hopefully it's just a short term problem.
- lectrick 13y ago
  If its use as a medium of exchange continues to spread, it is quite possible that the volatility will go away. Even national fiat currencies have some volatility, but it's vastly subdued due to the sheer amount of people using it as a currency, I believe
  - gnaritas 13y ago
    I don't see how the volatility will ever go away when the supply of the currency is fixed; that's a recipe for volatility.
    - Jtsummers 13y ago
      Volatility won't "go away", but it may diminish over time if bitcoin becomes a currency and not a commodity. It will, however, still be a deflationary currency which means the value of an amount of bitcoin should trend upwards. So if this gains traction as a currency and the speculators stop rushing the numbers up higher than what the economy can actually support, BTC might find a stable deflation rate and its volatility should diminish. (I'm actually very skeptical of both deflationary currencies and bitcoin in particular, but this is the bitcoin proponents' theory as I understand it.)
znowi 13y ago
How come btc-e is missing? https://btc-e.com/api/documentation https://btc-e.com/api/documentation
- guoyu 13y ago
  it will be supported in the next version :)
SkyMarshal 13y ago
Nice work, quick & simple. Installed. Step 2: Make an ncurses version.
- girvo 13y ago
  I love ncurses. I love it so much, that on my Ubuntu laptop, on startup I swap over to tty1 and fire up WordGrinder to work on my novel, or Tmux + TextAdept to do some web dev. It's soothing :)
- penberg 13y ago
  I have written a Bitcoin terminal using ncurses in Ruby: https://github.com/penberg/btct https://github.com/penberg/btct
azmenthe 13y ago
Somewhat unrelated, but I made a bitcoin LED ticker, here's a link to an early testing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxRIeb22QGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxRIeb22QGI I later added some other price information (gold, usd, s&p500)
- alfg 13y ago
  This is great. Do you have any source code hosted anywhere? Or the software/hardware stack used?
  - azmenthe 13y ago
    I haven't put up the source because it's pretty coupled with the hardware, that sign in particular is a BetaBrite. I used a Raspberry Pi and a ruby script to drive it. I was able to find a ruby library for the sign.
cnp 13y ago
Just what I've always wanted :) :) :) :)
drcode 13y ago
Looks nice- Everyone just remember that if you don't understand the source code or download it in a way that allows a "man in the middle" attack, there's nothing to stop this kind of program (or an MITM-altered version of it) from emptying out every bitcoin wallet you have installed on your computer. (I for one will install this program though, on my non-wallet pc)
- topbanana 13y ago
  The same goes for any software
  - drcode 13y ago
    Agreed, the risk is just particularly high for little gizmos targeted especially at bitcoiners.
    - dllthomas 13y ago
      The risk seems higher, but I'm not convinced that's anything but cognitive salience.
- tmp3098512 13y ago
  I built a Docker image so you can run the script safely in a sandbox without even installing Node.js: $ docker pull mlgx/turingou-btc $ docker run -i -t mlgx/turingou-btc
  - eyko 13y ago
    You can also run it as an unprivileged user (in osx, I think the user `nobody` might be a good choice).
- jakejake 13y ago
  There's nothing really unique about this compared to any other app that you allow to run on your computer. It's a great reason to only install from trusted sources and be very wary of cracked software, keygens, etc.
drcross 13y ago
How would one install in OSX? Do you need nmp first?
- atmosx 13y ago
  Macports or home brew for npm and you are fine.
traviscline 13y ago
Just pushed a tool that shows you your margins using the MtGox streaming api: https://github.com/tmc/btcmargin https://github.com/tmc/btcmargin
VMG 13y ago
Interesting for Gnome3 users: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/648/bitcoin-markets/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/648/bitcoin-markets/
atmosx 13y ago
I wot my own... And was displaying the prices at the desktop... It's just 10 lines of ruby and geektool.
mariusz79 13y ago
CLI application in javascript? It's official - we're doomed. There is no hope.
- newbrict 13y ago
  don't know if this is much better but, https://github.com/Newbrict/bitcoin-prices https://github.com/Newbrict/bitcoin-prices
lcasela 13y ago
Why do I need NPM for this?
nyargh 13y ago
curl --silent https://bitpay.com/api/rates https://bitpay.com/api/rates | jq '.[0].rate' Is what I use to get the current BitPay rate in USD
liuhang0077 13y ago
Global Bitcoin prices!!!!!! http://www.btcinfo.in/ http://www.btcinfo.in/

59 points by guoyu 13y ago

vezzy-fnord 13y ago

Not bad. One of the better price tickers I've seen.

guoyu 13y ago
thank you for trying :p

SkyMarshal 13y ago

Speaking of BTC tickers, I also recently discovered this amazing, pure HTML, Bloomberg-terminal-like realtime BTC price site: http://bitcoinwisdom.com/ http://bitcoinwisdom.com/

bonestamp2 13y ago
I like this one as well. I doesn't have as much data, but I think the area chart is easier to read than the candlestick. http://bitcoinity.org/markets/ http://bitcoinity.org/markets/
- patrickk 13y ago
  Bitcoinwisdom lets you change the chart style under settings.
sliverstorm 13y ago
If only it didn't hang on "Loading..."
jstanley 13y ago
This is similar but seems to have more order book data: http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/ http://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/

salient 13y ago

It saddens me that so much focus is being put on the price speculation aspect of Bitcoin. 9 out of 10 articles I see about Bitcoin are about its price. The last Senate hearing on Bitcoin was already quite aggressive about this, and some suggested that maybe Bitcoin should be regulated as a commodity instead. Hopefully this price speculation frenzy of Bitcoin users won't lead to its demise, and to Bitcoin being declared (or at least thought about) as irreparably not a currency.

SkyMarshal 13y ago
Agreed, I feel the same way, though I'm not surprised b/c price fluctuations (and ex-post narrative explaining them) is what the mainstream financial press pays most attention to anyway, no matter the medium.
bonestamp2 13y ago
If retail transactions reach significant volume, I think speculation will be significantly reduced since the value should be more stable like fiat currencies. So, hopefully it's just a short term problem.
lectrick 13y ago
If its use as a medium of exchange continues to spread, it is quite possible that the volatility will go away. Even national fiat currencies have some volatility, but it's vastly subdued due to the sheer amount of people using it as a currency, I believe
- gnaritas 13y ago
  I don't see how the volatility will ever go away when the supply of the currency is fixed; that's a recipe for volatility.
  - Jtsummers 13y ago
    Volatility won't "go away", but it may diminish over time if bitcoin becomes a currency and not a commodity. It will, however, still be a deflationary currency which means the value of an amount of bitcoin should trend upwards. So if this gains traction as a currency and the speculators stop rushing the numbers up higher than what the economy can actually support, BTC might find a stable deflation rate and its volatility should diminish. (I'm actually very skeptical of both deflationary currencies and bitcoin in particular, but this is the bitcoin proponents' theory as I understand it.)

znowi 13y ago

How come btc-e is missing? https://btc-e.com/api/documentation https://btc-e.com/api/documentation

guoyu 13y ago
it will be supported in the next version :)

SkyMarshal 13y ago

Nice work, quick & simple. Installed. Step 2: Make an ncurses version.

girvo 13y ago
I love ncurses. I love it so much, that on my Ubuntu laptop, on startup I swap over to tty1 and fire up WordGrinder to work on my novel, or Tmux + TextAdept to do some web dev. It's soothing :)
penberg 13y ago
I have written a Bitcoin terminal using ncurses in Ruby: https://github.com/penberg/btct https://github.com/penberg/btct

azmenthe 13y ago

Somewhat unrelated, but I made a bitcoin LED ticker, here's a link to an early testing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxRIeb22QGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxRIeb22QGI I later added some other price information (gold, usd, s&p500)

alfg 13y ago
This is great. Do you have any source code hosted anywhere? Or the software/hardware stack used?
- azmenthe 13y ago
  I haven't put up the source because it's pretty coupled with the hardware, that sign in particular is a BetaBrite. I used a Raspberry Pi and a ruby script to drive it. I was able to find a ruby library for the sign.

cnp 13y ago

Just what I've always wanted :) :) :) :)

drcode 13y ago

Looks nice- Everyone just remember that if you don't understand the source code or download it in a way that allows a "man in the middle" attack, there's nothing to stop this kind of program (or an MITM-altered version of it) from emptying out every bitcoin wallet you have installed on your computer. (I for one will install this program though, on my non-wallet pc)

topbanana 13y ago
The same goes for any software
- drcode 13y ago
  Agreed, the risk is just particularly high for little gizmos targeted especially at bitcoiners.
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    The risk seems higher, but I'm not convinced that's anything but cognitive salience.
tmp3098512 13y ago
I built a Docker image so you can run the script safely in a sandbox without even installing Node.js: $ docker pull mlgx/turingou-btc $ docker run -i -t mlgx/turingou-btc
- eyko 13y ago
  You can also run it as an unprivileged user (in osx, I think the user `nobody` might be a good choice).
jakejake 13y ago
There's nothing really unique about this compared to any other app that you allow to run on your computer. It's a great reason to only install from trusted sources and be very wary of cracked software, keygens, etc.

drcross 13y ago

How would one install in OSX? Do you need nmp first?

atmosx 13y ago
Macports or home brew for npm and you are fine.

traviscline 13y ago

Just pushed a tool that shows you your margins using the MtGox streaming api: https://github.com/tmc/btcmargin https://github.com/tmc/btcmargin

VMG 13y ago

Interesting for Gnome3 users: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/648/bitcoin-markets/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/648/bitcoin-markets/

atmosx 13y ago

I wot my own... And was displaying the prices at the desktop... It's just 10 lines of ruby and geektool.

mariusz79 13y ago

CLI application in javascript? It's official - we're doomed. There is no hope.

newbrict 13y ago
don't know if this is much better but, https://github.com/Newbrict/bitcoin-prices https://github.com/Newbrict/bitcoin-prices

lcasela 13y ago

Why do I need NPM for this?

nyargh 13y ago

curl --silent https://bitpay.com/api/rates https://bitpay.com/api/rates | jq '.[0].rate' Is what I use to get the current BitPay rate in USD

liuhang0077 13y ago

Global Bitcoin prices!!!!!! http://www.btcinfo.in/ http://www.btcinfo.in/