BTCMonitor is a real-time Bitcoin price indicator for Linux operating systems (tested on Ubuntu 16.04). The price ticker updates every minute by default (this can be customized), and alerts you with a desktop notification if the Bitcoin price rises above or falls below a certain amount. I might expand the indicator and implement other cryptocurrencies in the future.
Install all the necessary Python3 dependencies and then clone this repository afterwards.
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
$ git clone https://github.com/sirasjad/BTCMonitor
$ cd BTCMonitor
$ make
There are three settings in the configuration file (config.ini), where refresh_rate is the amount of delay in seconds between each price lookup, min_value is the minimum price amount and max_value is the maximum price amount in order to trigger the desktop notification alert. These values are measured in USD.
[settings]
refresh_rate = 60
min_value = 8000
max_value = 10000