Show HN: RandomCoin – A cryptocurrency that changes its price every second

Post by mdrzn » Mon, Jan 31, 2022, 9:51 AM UTC

unlog wrote: post #27

Wrote a bot for it, very constructive experience. Something that I didn't expect is that is not that easy as "buy low" and "sell high". I had to cap the buying price for the bot to make money at all, else the "bought at" will get so high, that you won't have a chance to buy much. let bougthAt = 0; let fn = { click: () => {} }; let buy = document.querySelector("#buy"); let sell = document.querySelector("#sell"); (func…

Post by unlog » Thu, Feb 03, 2022, 12:29 PM UTC

mdrzn wrote: post #31

unlog wrote: post #27

Wrote a bot for it, very constructive experience. Something that I didn't expect is that is not that easy as "buy low" and "sell high". I had to cap the buying price for the bot to make money at all, else the "bought at" will get so high, that you won't have a chance to buy much. let bougthAt = 0; let fn = { click: () => {} }; let buy = document.querySelector("#buy"); let sell = document.querySelector("#sell"); (func…

OOC question regarding console scripts: unless it's specified by the code that the function will stop at a certain point, most functions like yours will loop forever. Is there a way to stop them, once pasted in the console, apart from refreshing the page? Is there no way to "stop" the loop of that specific function that was started? I googled around a bit but I think I'm out of my depth here.

        let working = true;
        (function work() {
          console.log("running");
          if (working) requestAnimationFrame(work);
          else console.log("stopped");
        })();