Fee Estimates for Bitcoin

Graphs fee estimates over time as reported from Bitcoin Core for targetting 1 block, 3 block, 6 block and 144 block confirmation times.

Fee Estimates

This script prepares an image displaying the estimated fees over time for different confirmation targets.
It depends on a bitcoin node.

sample image of fee estimates

Script Location

The script is installed at ~/nodeyez/scripts/feeestimates.py.

Configuration

To manage and configure this script, use the nodeyez-config tool

sudo nodeyez-config

To manually configure this script, edit the ~/nodeyez/config/feeestimates.json file

Fields are defined below

field name description
backgroundColor The background color of the image expressed as a hexadecimal color specifier. Default #000000
graphAverageColor The color to use for the average value line drawn across fee rates. Default #8888FF
graphBorderColor The color to use for outlining charts and their labels. Default #888888
graphDataColors An array of colors to use for multi valued charts. Default: #FF0000, #FFFF00, #00FF00, #0000FF, #404040
height The height, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 320
interval The amount of time, in seconds, the script should wait before data gathering and image creation again. Default 15
textColor The color of the text expressed as a Hexadecimal color specifier. Default #ffffff
width The width, in pixels, to generate the image. Default 480

Running Directly

Ensure the virtual environment is activated

source ~/.pyenv/nodeyez/bin/activate

Change to the scripts folder

cd ~/nodeyez/scripts

Run it

python blockstats.py

Press CTRL+C to stop the process

Run at Startup

To enable the script to run at startup, as the privileged user run the following

sudo systemctl enable nodeyez-feeestimates.service

sudo systemctl start nodeyez-feeestimates.service

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