Using ChatGPT To Monitor The Silk Road Bitcoin

In this video I demonstrate how to monitor a Bitcoin address using NodeJS

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Here is a quick script (full code below) that was knocked up using chatGPT to play an mp3 alert file if any Bitcoin moves from the SilkRoad address.

I set this up because the DOJ has announced they are going to sell it before Trump gets in.

Here’s a quick explainer on mempools

And here’s the code:

const axios = require('axios');
const player = require('play-sound')({player: "powershell"});

const BITCOIN_ADDRESS = 'bc1qa5wkgaew2dkv56kfvj49j0av5nml45x9ek9hz6';
const MEMPOOL_URL = `https://mempool.space/api/address/${BITCOIN_ADDRESS}/txs/mempool`;
const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000; // 60 seconds = 60000 ms

/**
 * Fetch the mempool data from mempool.space API for the specified address.
 * If transactions are present, play an MP3 alert sound.
 */
async function checkMempool() {
  try {
    const response = await axios.get(MEMPOOL_URL);
    const transactions = response.data;

    if (Array.isArray(transactions) && transactions.length > 0) {
      console.log(`Found ${transactions.length} transactions in the mempool!`);
      player.play('./alert.mp3', (err) => {
        if (err) console.error('Error playing sound:', err);
      });
    } else {
      console.log('No transactions in the mempool (blank array).');
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error fetching from mempool:', error);
  }
}

checkMempool();
setInterval(checkMempool, POLL_INTERVAL_MS);

Code is open-sourced on Github at: https://github.com/jamesbachini/Bitcoin-Address-Watch