Bitcoin Peer Monitor

A terminal-based tool for monitoring connected peers on a local Bitcoin Core node.
It queries bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo every 15 seconds and displays a formatted table
with peer data including connection time, services, version, traffic stats, and ping.

📋 Features

• Live display of connected Bitcoin node peers
• Highlights peers missing NODE_NETWORK capability
• Uses rich for colorful terminal tables
• Refreshes automatically every 15 seconds

🛠 Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• rich (install via pip)
• bitcoin-cli must be in your system's PATH and configured to connect to your local Bitcoin Core node

📦 Installation

• git clone https://github.com/mikeoc61/bitcoin_peer_monitor.git
• cd bitcoin_peer_monitor
• pip install rich

🚀 Usage

Make sure your Bitcoin Core node is running and bitcoin-cli is accessible. Then run:

• python peers_monitor.py

Use Ctrl+C to exit.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

👤 Author

[Michael OConnor]

Feel free to contribute or open issues!