Bitcoin ATH Discount Bot

A Twitter bot that posts daily updates showing Bitcoin's current price and how far it is from its all-time high.

Example Tweet

Bitcoin: $104,250

ATH: $108,135 (Dec 17, 2024)
Discount: 3.6% below ATH
Upside to ATH: 3.7%

#Bitcoin #BTC

Setup

1. Create Twitter Developer Account

1. Go to developer.twitter.com
2. Create a new project and app
3. Set app permissions to Read and Write
4. Generate these credentials:
   • API Key
   • API Secret
   • Access Token
   • Access Token Secret

2. Fork/Clone This Repository

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/btc-ath-bot.git

3. Add GitHub Secrets

Go to your repo → Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → New repository secret

Add these 4 secrets:

• TWITTER_API_KEY
• TWITTER_API_SECRET
• TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN
• TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET

4. Enable GitHub Actions

The workflow runs daily at 9:00 AM UTC. You can also trigger it manually from the Actions tab.

Local Testing

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Dry run (no Twitter credentials = just prints the tweet)
python bot.py

# With credentials
export TWITTER_API_KEY="your_key"
export TWITTER_API_SECRET="your_secret"
export TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN="your_token"
export TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET="your_token_secret"
python bot.py

Customization

• Post time: Edit .github/workflows/post-daily.yml cron schedule
• Tweet format: Edit format_tweet() in bot.py
• Add more data: CoinGecko API returns lots of data (24h change, market cap, etc.)

API Used

• Price data: CoinGecko API (free, no API key required)
• Twitter: Twitter API v2 via Tweepy