rig_profit_calc

This program scrapes data from auction listings and calculates the return of investment (ROI) of mining rigs. It uses Python Flask to display the data in a web browser.

Features:

• Web scraping with Beautiful Soup
• Async calls with aiohttp and asyncio
• SQLite database for cache
• API calls to external services for profitability data of popular graphic cards

Setup:

1. Create new virtual env:

python -m venv env

2. Activate your virtual env:

env/Scripts/activate

3. Install packages from included requirements.txt:

pip install -r .\requirements.txt

4. Get your API key from hashrate.no and place it into config.ini file

Usage:

python -m flask --app rig_profit_calc run

Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:5000 Input Your electricity price into the box and press "GO". You will see a table with the following columns:

• Model: The name of the mining rig and also link to the auction
• Price: The price of the mining rig in PLN
• Hashrate: The hashrate of the mining rig in MH/s
• Power: The power consumption of the mining rig in W
• Profit: The daily profit of the mining rig in PLN
• ROI: The return of investment of the mining rig in days