Bitcoin Price Tracker

A real-time Bitcoin price tracking application that updates every 2 minutes using the CoinGecko API.

Features

• Real-time Bitcoin price updates (2-minute intervals)
• Clean and responsive user interface
• Price change indicators
• Historical price tracking
• 24-hour statistics (high, low, change)
• Price alerts system
• Interactive price chart

Technologies Used

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• Chart.js for price visualization
• CoinGecko API for price data

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/spacexbt/bitcoin-price-tracker.git

2. Open index.html in your web browser

How It Works

The application fetches Bitcoin price data from the CoinGecko API every 2 minutes and updates the display accordingly. Price changes are indicated with color coding (green for increases, red for decreases).

API Used

This project uses the CoinGecko API for fetching Bitcoin price data:

• Endpoint: https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd
• No API key required
• Free tier with rate limiting

Contributing

Feel free to fork this repository and submit pull requests. You can also open issues for bugs or feature requests.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.