bifocal

Automated FIFO and LIFO accounting for cryptocurrencies.


Keywords
accounting, bitcoin, FIFO, LIFO, cryptocurrency
License
Other
Install
pip install bifocal==0.1.1

Documentation

I AM NOT AN ACCOUNTANT, AND I AM CERTIANLY NOT YOUR ACCOUNTANT.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Usage:

  1. Get a Blocktrail API key.

  2. Gather CSVs.

  3. Instantiate a Bifocal object. CSVs are passed in by filepath. API keys are strings.

b = bifocal.Bifocal(addresses=None, polo_key=None,
             polo_secret=None, blocktrail_key=None,
             coinbase_csv=None, celery_csv=None)

4 .Results can be found in the results dictionary.

b.results['BTC']['FIFO']
b.results['SJCX']['LIFO']

Assumptions:

Exchanges only get deposits from the user.

Exchanges only give withdrawals to the user.

Goals:

  • Accept cryptocurrency addresses as inputs
  • Compile data about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency buys and sells via block explorer APIs.
  • Calculate holdings, gains and losses in USD using public price APIs.
  • Provide spreadsheets detailing transactions and gains.
  • Provide choice of FIFO vs LIFO

Supports: Bitcoin

Counterparty tokens traded against Bitcoin

Poloniex

Parsing Coinbase Reports

Parsing (modified) Celery histories

Unsolved problems:

Counterparty block explorer APIs only return the most recent 100 transactions for an address.

Todo:

More tests.

Credit for much of the accounting code goes to https://github.com/vst/accfifo His code is released under the BSD License, and files containing it include the license text.

All other code released under AGPLv3.