Bitcoin price every morning, on Google Nest Hub / Chromecast

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Hi all,

Just wanted to share my project. I’m a real bitcoin / crypto fanatic. Therefore I searched for a (easy) way to use my Google Nest Hub to show the bitcoin price, every morning when I wake up. This seamed to be more difficult than I wanted, so I started thinking: What if I had a live-stream that has the current price of bitcoin, then the only thing I need to do is to simple cast the signal to my Google Nest Hub.

So, I started looking on YouTube: Plenty of bitcoin/crypto live streams, but all with way to much information. I don’t want blinking charts, and lots of text, the screen of my Google Nest Hub is way to small for that; I just want the current price to be shown, presented as beautiful as possible.

So I started developing my own bitcoin live stream: Based on the Binance websocket, ffmpeg, bash shell scripting and lot’s of hours later I created my own bitcoin live-stream, running 24/7.

So, are you looking for an (easy) way to stream the current bitcoin price to a TV/Chromecast/Google Nest hub, make an automation in HA and simply cast the YouTube stream.

In the end I learned a lot about linux, bash shell scripting, ffmpeg, web sockets and much more :slight_smile:

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The time has come to give this thread a bump! This is a really cool project you’ve got going on there, using your Google Nest Hub to show the bitcoin price in the morning. As a fellow crypto fanatic, I totally understand the desire to have that information easily accessible. And I totally agree with you. Too much information can be overwhelming. All we need is the current price, presented as beautifully as possible. I’m impressed you were able to develop your own live stream. That’s awesome. Btw, how do you cash out your crypto? At our company, we use cryptex.net. My boss’ friend advised him about that service when he was on his business trip to Istanbul.