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A snippet of an example crypto information page (BTC)
Inspiration
Despite the high popularity of cryptocurrency, many don't understand how to navigate the complex information that often comes with it. We wanted to make an application that strips it down to provide only the essential information and thus make it clear and easy for everybody!
What it does
ATLAS Crypto Explorer takes an input of a cryptocurrency ticker symbol using a text box. It then displays an interactive graph of its price history as well as its predicted performance for the next 6 months. You can also favorite currencies to keep track of them to make your own portfolio!
How we built it
We first created a webpage to host the information using HTML and CSS. Next, we pulled currency and news data from the Yahoo Finance API using Python and JavaScript. Then, we implemented a predictive time series machine learning algorithm using Python and updated the data to be displayed on our webpage. Finally, we created a home for our webpage using domain.com, Google Cloud, and GitHub pages.
Challenges we ran into
Having the Python and JavaScript code communicate with each other to update data properly and hosting our service on Google Cloud (DNS issues) were our largest challenges.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud of learning about all of the different aspects that went into making each piece of this app. Specifically, the machine learning algorithm and the cloud hosting aspects were accomplishments we're pleased with.
What we learned
Our biggest area of growth was the use of Google Cloud/domain.com to host our app. It's a lot more complicated than it may seem on the surface and we are happy to have learned such a useful skill.
What's next for ATLAS Crypto Explorer
Next up is polishing the code to increase performance/looks and adding more trading information. We'd love to make as much information available as possible while still staying true to our core idea of simplicity.
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