About Bitcoin Metadata
The Bitcoin Metadata dataset by Blockchain provides 23 fundamental metadata of Bitcoin directly fetched from the Bitcoin blockchain. The data starts in January 2009 and delivered on a daily frequency. This dataset contains mining statistics like hash rate and miner revenue; transaction metadata like transaction per block, transaction fee, and number of addresses; and blockchain metadata like blockchain size and block size.
About Blockchain
Blockchain is a website that publishes data related to Bitcoin. It has been online since 2011 and publishes the Bitcoin Metadata history back to 2009.
About QuantConnect
QuantConnect was founded in 2012 to serve quants everywhere with the best possible algorithmic trading technology. Seeking to disrupt a notoriously closed-source industry, QuantConnect takes a radically open-source approach to algorithmic trading. Through the QuantConnect web platform, more than 50,000 quants are served every month.
Algorithm Example
from AlgorithmImports import *
from QuantConnect.DataSource import *
class BlockchainBitcoinMetadataAlgorithm(QCAlgorithm):
def initialize(self) -> None:
self.set_start_date(2019, 1, 1) # Set Start Date
self.set_end_date(2020, 12, 31) # Set End Date
self.set_cash(100000)
self.btcusd = self.add_crypto("BTCUSD", Resolution.MINUTE).symbol
### Requesting data
self.bitcoin_metadata_symbol = self.add_data(BitcoinMetadata, self.btcusd).symbol
### Historical data
history = self.history(BitcoinMetadata, self.bitcoin_metadata_symbol, 60, Resolution.DAILY)
self.debug(f"We got {len(history)} items from our history request for {self.btcusd} Blockchain Bitcoin Metadata")
self.last_demand_supply = None
def on_data(self, slice: Slice) -> None:
### Retrieving data
data = slice.Get(BitcoinMetadata)
if self.bitcoin_metadata_symbol in data and data[self.bitcoin_metadata_symbol] != None:
current_demand_supply = data[self.bitcoin_metadata_symbol].numberof_transactions / data[self.bitcoin_metadata_symbol].hash_rate
# comparing the average transaction-to-hash-rate ratio changes, we will buy bitcoin or hold cash
if self.last_demand_supply != None and current_demand_supply > self.last_demand_supply:
self.set_holdings(self.btcusd, 1)
else:
self.set_holdings(self.btcusd, 0)
self.last_demand_supply = current_demand_supply
Example Applications
The Bitcoin Metadata dataset enables you to incorporate metadata from the Bitcoin blockchain into your strategies. Examples include the following strategies:
- Comparing mining and transaction statistics to provide insight on the supply-demand relationship of the Bitcoin blockchain service.
- Measuring the activity and popularity of the Bitcoin blockchain to predict the price movements of the Cryptocurrency.
Pricing
Cloud Access
Using Bitcoin Metadata dataset in the QuantConnect Cloud for your backtesting and live trading purposes.
Download On Premise
Bitcoin Metadata archived in LEAN format for on premise backtesting and research.
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