Cryptocoin Mining Information -- find the most profitable coin to mine!

[area]

its sorted by market cap (measured in BTC)

Yup, that was super-obvious and I'm an idiot. Duly noted.

I've been working on something that switches between mining different crypto coins automatically based on what is profitable to mine at the moment, that uses this site for its information. I assume lots of other people have been doing the same, but not publicising it. I'm honestly not sure about the consequences of coin-hopping being done en-mass, especially after seeing what happened with Terracoin in the last few days.

I've already had it available for a little while, but I thought I'd publicise it a bit more now. It does require a lot of configuration on the user's part, but that's inevitable with something this complicated. Only tested on Linux - Windows users, you're on your own.

https://github.com/area/CryptoSwitcher

Input appreciated. And if anyone goes so far as to look at the code... I apologise!

[sal002]

its sorted by market cap (measured in BTC)

Yup, that was super-obvious and I'm an idiot. Duly noted.

I've been working on something that switches between mining different crypto coins automatically based on what is profitable to mine at the moment, that uses this site for its information. I assume lots of other people have been doing the same, but not publicising it. I'm honestly not sure about the consequences of coin-hopping being done en-mass, especially after seeing what happened with Terracoin in the last few days.

I've already had it available for a little while, but I thought I'd publicise it a bit more now. It does require a lot of configuration on the user's part, but that's inevitable with something this complicated. Only tested on Linux - Windows users, you're on your own.

https://github.com/area/CryptoSwitcher

Input appreciated. And if anyone goes so far as to look at the code... I apologise!

this is great!  Upset you didn't use my JSON site at coinchoose, but Dustcoin is good enough   BTC on its way to you!

[Starlightbreaker]

its sorted by market cap (measured in BTC)

Yup, that was super-obvious and I'm an idiot. Duly noted.

I've been working on something that switches between mining different crypto coins automatically based on what is profitable to mine at the moment, that uses this site for its information. I assume lots of other people have been doing the same, but not publicising it. I'm honestly not sure about the consequences of coin-hopping being done en-mass, especially after seeing what happened with Terracoin in the last few days.

I've already had it available for a little while, but I thought I'd publicise it a bit more now. It does require a lot of configuration on the user's part, but that's inevitable with something this complicated. Only tested on Linux - Windows users, you're on your own.

https://github.com/area/CryptoSwitcher

Input appreciated. And if anyone goes so far as to look at the code... I apologise!

simple crypto-dependent version of bithopper?

[area]

this is great!  Upset you didn't use my JSON site at coinchoose, but Dustcoin is good enough  BTC on its way to you!

I totally missed your reply to my earlier question looking for JSON data. Sorry!

simple crypto-dependent version of bithopper?

Yeah, I guess that's a pretty accurate description. Man, it's been a while since I've heard Bithopper discussed.

What I want to implement, but haven't managed to get to yet, is an option to use the btc-e API to sell all the altcoins for BTC as they come in from autopayouts from your pools, rather than having loads of altcoin sitting around that you mined in 'good faith' before someone decides to crash the altcoin.

[dust]

IXC and DVC prices, as well as the rest of Vircurex data, are back.  Vircurex decided to keep IXC and their API is re-enabled.

[sal002]

this is great!  Upset you didn't use my JSON site at coinchoose, but Dustcoin is good enough  BTC on its way to you!

I totally missed your reply to my earlier question looking for JSON data. Sorry!

No worries - I may fork to use my JSON feed, plus add in the VCX trading pieces to automatically convert back to Bitcoin once mined and confirmed....but hope you got my donation!

[area]

this is great!  Upset you didn't use my JSON site at coinchoose, but Dustcoin is good enough  BTC on its way to you!

I totally missed your reply to my earlier question looking for JSON data. Sorry!

No worries - I may fork to use my JSON feed, plus add in the VCX trading pieces to automatically convert back to Bitcoin once mined and confirmed....but hope you got my donation!

Yup, many thanks. I received a second donation shortly afterwards, too.

I added support for BTC-e yesterday, and so there's now the ability to sell any alt-coins as they come in. It uses a Python API for BTC-E that someone else wrote, so if you get around to a fork you should just be able to replace the sellCoin function in the main script with one that uses the Cavirtex API. There doesn't seem to be a pre-made python API, sadly, so I think it's a case of rolling your own...

[sal002]

Yup, many thanks. I received a second donation shortly afterwards, too.

I added support for BTC-e yesterday, and so there's now the ability to sell any alt-coins as they come in. It uses a Python API for BTC-E that someone else wrote, so if you get around to a fork you should just be able to replace the sellCoin function in the main script with one that uses the Cavirtex API. There doesn't seem to be a pre-made python API, sadly, so I think it's a case of rolling your own...

You might want to start a new thread for your software as it is interesting.  Which API was it (perhaps I can port the API over as well)?

FYI - I have Freicoin (which looks somewhat profitable even though there are two steps to convert to BTC) and Bytecoin added to coinchoose now.  Shaky exchanges on both, but thought it would be interesting to see where these two are at.

[area]

Yup, many thanks. I received a second donation shortly afterwards, too.

I added support for BTC-e yesterday, and so there's now the ability to sell any alt-coins as they come in. It uses a Python API for BTC-E that someone else wrote, so if you get around to a fork you should just be able to replace the sellCoin function in the main script with one that uses the Cavirtex API. There doesn't seem to be a pre-made python API, sadly, so I think it's a case of rolling your own...

You might want to start a new thread for your software as it is interesting.  Which API was it (perhaps I can port the API over as well)?

FYI - I have Freicoin (which looks somewhat profitable even though there are two steps to convert to BTC) and Bytecoin added to coinchoose now.  Shaky exchanges on both, but thought it would be interesting to see where these two are at.

I'll make a thread in the next day or two when I feel like it's ready for that additional exposure . I'm currently working on introducing your JSON feed, as you have additional coins, as you point out. The JSON feed is reporting an absurdly high ratio for LTC mining though, and I don't know why; it's correctly displayed on the main site. I'm also massaging the code so that it's easier to add additional coins in the future.

The API I used was the one you can find at https://github.com/alanmcintyre/btce-api/ . I wrote a python API for bitcoinica many moons ago though, so maybe I can take a crack at it if I find the time.

[sal002]

Oops - I'll take a look.  I bet it isn't calculating the conversion right....

[achillez]

Can you add BTE?

[area]

Can you add BTE?

It's in, I'm just waiting for sal002 to sort out the LTC ratio on his JSON feed before I unleash a version that uses CoinChoose.

EDIT: Just realised this was probably directed at dust. www.coinchoose.com features BTE until dust includes it.

[sal002]

This is Dust's site - which has the additional wonderful feature of a mining calc. 

[SebastianJu]

Nice site. Congrats...

I would like to ask for the feature to set the bitcoin price. Its mentioned on the bottom. Maybe you could change the field with the value into an input field and add the actual price per default.

The reason is that i would like to check how the stats behave when i assume that BTC will be back at $200. Or use the actual price on mtgox. Its $82 and the website states $117.

I mean the price of the bitcoin is essential for the whole stat. So i would like to edit it.

[alexcamp]

Dust, could it be possible to automatically fill the textbox using info embedded un the URL ?

Something like http://dustcoin.com/mining?hash_rate_scrypt=950

[dust]

Dust, could it be possible to automatically fill the textbox using info embedded un the URL ?

Something like http://dustcoin.com/mining?hash_rate_scrypt=950

I just made the mining calculator parameters persistent, as long as you do not clear your cookies.  Does this solve your problem of having to re-enter parameters each time, or do you have a specific use case for the URL parameters?

Can you add BTE?

I'll consider adding it when there is an exchange with an API.

[Tigggger]

I just made the mining calculator parameters persistent, as long as you do not clear your cookies.

Thanks, works great

[davidpbrown]

Useful stats at http://dustcoin.com/mining

I wonder if it would be possible to add a suggestion of the latest build for each. I've yet to find a single point of reference for knowing the version or date of the last update.

[actudoran]

+1

Great job with the site

Srypto switcher for windows coming up

[alexcamp]

I just made the mining calculator parameters persistent, as long as you do not clear your cookies. 

Wow! Works perfectly ! Thanks!