This repo is a project focused on tracking and analyzing data, related to cryptocurrency transcactions, with an integration of a Telegram bot for sending notifications or updates. The target audience for this project are individuals or entities interested in financial tracking, market analysis, or automated data processing.

Before running the script, make sure you have the following:

• Python 3.x installed on your system.

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/kyratzakos/Whale-Tracker.git

   or

   git clone https://github.com/Manolis-Tasiopoulos/Whale-Tracker.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd Whale-Tracker

3. Install the required Python libraries from the requirements.txt file:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

This will install the necessary libraries, including:

-requests for making HTTP requests.

-blockcypher: A Python library for interacting with BlockCypher's API, which provides tools for working with blockchain data and networks like Bitcoin.

-yfinance: A Python library used for downloading historical market data from Yahoo Finance, including cryptocurrency prices and split data.

-python_telegram_bot: A library for building Telegram bots in Python.

-telegram: A Python interface for the Telegram Bot API.

-pandas: A powerful data analysis and manipulation library for Python, widely used for data preprocessing, cleaning, analysis, and visualization in tabular form.

1. Open the tracker.py file and fill out the following placeholders with appropriate values:

   • address: Replace '1P5ZEDWTKTFGxQjZphgWPQUpe554WKDfHQ' with the actual address you want to get updates for any buy/sell moves in the future.

2. Create a .env file based on .env.example and fill out the following placeholders with appropriate values:

   BlockCypher_token = "your_token_here"
   Telegram_token = "your_api_key_here"

3. Run the script:

   python telegramBOT.py

   and follow the instructions on the terminal.

If you'd like to contribute to this project, please follow the standard GitHub workflow:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
3. Make your changes and commit them with clear and concise messages.
4. Push your branch to your fork.
5. Create a pull request to merge your changes into the main repository.

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please open an issue on the Issues page.

Have fun!