I have developed a set of python scripts to complement the existing bmc.py script which forms part of the Black Market Client (BMC) command line tool for use with GLBSE.

The project is available here ... https://github.com/bennywalsh/BMC-Tools

The initial three scripts are available here ...

     https://raw.github.com/bennywalsh/BMC-Tools/master/spread-asset-history.py

     https://raw.github.com/bennywalsh/BMC-Tools/master/spread-bitcoin-history.py

     https://raw.github.com/bennywalsh/BMC-Tools/master/spread-market-history.py

Please raise issues with the scripts (bugs, feature requests etc ...) on the github site.

I am intending to develop some scripts for automating BMC operations and possibly some trading bots in the future.

I am also taking requests for scripts to enhance BMC further - let me know what you want.


Details on BMC are available here ... https://gitorious.org/black-market/black-market-client

Here is a bespoke version for you jackjack ... http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets&url=pastehtml.com/view/b1esfeav7.html

No charge for the tailoring ;O)

Just wow. I assume you just didn't bother to either look at the screenshot or view the gadget page.

Please have the decency to remove your post.

You can also remove the other similar posts you have put on other threads.

This gadget presents the user with a set of calculations for the average change in difficulty for mining Bitcoin and utilises an entirely different backend servlet to achieve this.

Please feel free to reuse my code and/or the backend servlet in whatever you want to do - it is running on a free Google App Engine account, so your usage won't cost me anything extra and if it furthers/improves/helps the Bitcoin community in some way, all the better.

I merely fancied implementing a Google Gadget, as I had never done so before and decided to do something I thought might have a wider audience than just me, by expanding on the servlet code I had developed for my detailed calculator.

Thanks Kermee and Klaus.

I have developed a Bitcoin Average Difficulty Change Google Gadget for use on iGoogle, Blogger, etc.

It is currently beta and will be further developed as user requests come in.

Aim will be to maintain previous versions so users can stick with older versions if they dislike any particular change.



Link to the Gadget in the Google directory ...
http://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets&url=pastehtml.com/view/b1cx89lyr.html

All donations appreciated - 15KUzYQ2g7EJjTcEfY4dKe9JdQdM1cLSW1

All feedback welcome.

Definitely not the first bitcoin short - take a look at bitoption.org - site really needs an overhaul for usability but it allows shorting of bitcoin if that's your thing.

Can we get an update on this please ?

Excellent news. I have been very impressed with the company so far.

I have doubled my investment from 10 to 20 shares. Not a massive amount but a significant vote of confidence from me, given my small BTC holdings :O)

One suggestion I would like to make ...

    Could you maintain a loan book through a Google Docs spreadsheet detailing;

    borrower ID, loan type, loan amount, (for personal loans){ loan period, expected gratuity, actual gratuity, loan reason }, (for business loan){ business type, equity stake }

If you have privacy concerns for the borrowers, then borrower ID can be just a number which is unique to that particular borrower.

If you have commercial sensitivity concerns, perhaps share the document link through a motion on GLBSE rather than publicly here.

I think this would be beneficial to investor confidence and help to stimulate further investment, as the loans are repaid and fantastic performance of the company is demonstrated.

I am sure the details in the spreadsheet could be expanded - what would other investors like to see ?

It is working at the moment.

I based on this https://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=18485.0 and given the calculator is working on days ...

I will re-adjust over the coming months.

As ever this stuff is only ever going to be an estimate and I would far rather be pessimistic than give users high expectations.

Cheers.

Forgot that had a semicolon too - seems my versions of both Firefox and Chrome tolerate it not being there.

Bump and request for feedback - either here or via bitcoindeveloperleague+bitcoindetailedcalculator@gmail.com

Really impressed with the usage this is getting, hope you are all finding it useful.

Should have some free time this weekend to implement some suggestions.

No problem for me. I'm not in any rush - just wanted to make sure you were aware.

The python client worked for an hour or so 8 hours back but now seems bust again. Has bitcoind crashed again ?

We are certainly going to get a flush out of miners, if the difficulty keeps rising at the rate it is with little or no increase in USD/BTC rate.

That said, those in strong positions (SIN company ) will be able to buy up all the equipment that miners giving up dump, on the market, driving down their costs of production.

It will be survival of the fittest - those with BTC reserves and strong wills will live, the rest will die. The beauty (?) of capitalism.

Mining is a tough business indeed. Maybe it is also pointless with such little demand for BTC.

I think effort / resources / BTC would be much better invested in building BTC businesses and services, rather than mining yet more BTC - but short term greed prevails among the miners, who are basically only fighting each other, as always.

Half the reason I created the calculator in my sig, was to try to inject some realism into those mining / considering mining - particularly through the mining contracts.

Here is the HTML debug file it is still spewing ... https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B_IBpuiJ-K5FZDcyYTBiMmItNWQ1MS00MmRmLTljNGUtMWY2NjcxMDQ5ZmJi&hl=en_GB

Updated to provide regularly updated exchange rate and additional calculations of total USD return, electricity usage, electricity cost, total profit ...

Updated to provide an average difficulty change value which is regularly (it is actually every minute because I want to stress Google App Engine a little) calculated from all previous difficulties.

Also ...

Changed the interface to remove the scrolling problem.

Added graph - how useful are these ?

Added additional explanation text.

I am happy with the precision and will actually be increasing it as time progresses - I reckon my prediction is quite a bit better than giszmo thinks.


Keep the feedback coming all is useful, even the badly phrased stuff ;O)

Python client still seems to be broken.

You don't. Bug / design request has already been raised on the GitHub page for the project.

Bump