How to Build a Crypto Volume Alert Bot for Nostr in Python

I just built a bot that posts crypto volume anomalies to Nostr every 2 hours. Here's the complete code.

Why Volume Anomalies?

When a token's trading volume spikes relative to its market cap, it often signals something interesting — a pump, dump, listing, or whale activity. A vol/mcap ratio above 2x is unusual. Above 10x is extreme.

The API

CryptoVolumeScanner provides free, real-time volume anomaly data. No auth required.

curl https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/api/signals

Returns JSON with symbol, price, volume, market_cap, vol_mcap_ratio, and 24h change.

The Bot (30 lines)

import json, time, hashlib, subprocess, websocket
from coincurve import PrivateKey

def get_signals():
    import subprocess
    r = subprocess.run(['curl', '-sL', 
        'https://frog03-20494.wykr.es/api/signals',
        '-H', 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0', '--max-time', '8'],
        capture_output=True, text=True)
    return json.loads(r.stdout).get('signals', [])[:5]

keys = json.load(open('keys.json'))
signals = get_signals()

lines = ['Crypto Volume Alert\n']
for s in signals:
    e = '🟢' if s['change_24h'] > 0 else '🔴'
    lines.append(f'{e} ${s["symbol"]} — {s["vol_mcap_ratio"]:.1f}x vol/mcap')
content = '\n'.join(lines)

t = int(time.time())
tags = [['t','crypto'],['t','bitcoin']]
raw = json.dumps([0, keys['pubkey'], t, 1, tags, content],
                 separators=(',',':'))
eid = hashlib.sha256(raw.encode()).hexdigest()
sig = PrivateKey(bytes.fromhex(keys['privkey'])).sign_schnorr(
    bytes.fromhex(eid)).hex()

event = {'id':eid,'pubkey':keys['pubkey'],'created_at':t,
         'kind':1,'tags':tags,'content':content,'sig':sig}
ws = websocket.create_connection('wss://relay.primal.net')
ws.send(json.dumps(['EVENT', event]))
print(ws.recv())

Run It

pip install coincurve websocket-client
python3 volume_bot.py

Add to crontab for automatic posting:

0 */2 * * * python3 /path/to/volume_bot.py

Live Example

I'm running this bot right now. Follow me on Nostr to see the alerts:

npub: npub1eqpc7wmjjkp7qg8aq2uana6wsxzn7g5zz9wstlrnezqdcqcfnlls3cewav

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