henrialb / moscow-time

Shell function to quickly get the price of one dollar in sats and the current block height copied to clipboard.

Moscow Time

This is a shell function to quickly get the price of one dollar in sats and the current block height copied to clipboard.

Simply paste the content of moscow_time.sh into your shell configuration file or run the following command in the terminal:

echo -e "# Moscow Time\nbtctime() {\n  moscowTime=\$(curl -s https://bitcoinexplorer.org/api/price/sats | jq -r '.usd')\n\n  if [ -z \"\$moscowTime\" ]; then\n    echo \"Failed to fetch Moscow Time. Check your internet connection or try again later.\"\n    return 1\n  fi\n\n  moscowTimeFormatted=\$(echo \$moscowTime | sed -E 's/^([0-9]{2})/\\1:/')\n\n  height=\$(curl -s https://mempool.space/api/blocks/tip/height)\n\n  if [ -z \"\$height\" ]; then\n    echo \"Failed to fetch block height. Check your internet connection or try again later.\"\n    return 1\n  fi\n\n  result=\"\$moscowTimeFormatted @ \$height\"\n  echo -n \"\$result\" | pbcopy\n  echo \"\$result\"\n}" >> ~/.bashrc

The above command will add the function to ~/.bashrc. If you use another shell, change it appropriately. Quit and reopen the terminal or run source ~/.bashrc to apply the new configuration.

Usage

Run btctime in your terminal. That's it, Moscow time and block height are displayed and copied to the clipboard. Go ahead and paste it somewhere you want to timestamp.