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oasin/bitcoin-converter
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Convert Bitcoin to Fiat currency

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Bitcoin Converter
=================

[](#bitcoin-converter)

This library helps fintech developers to convert bitcoin to fiat currency or to another cryptocurrency and vice versa.

Available exchange rates providers are:

- [Coinbase](https://www.coinbase.com/charts)
- [Coindesk](https://www.coindesk.com/price)
- [Bitpay](https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-exchange-rates)

Features
--------

[](#features)

It is simple, lightweight, extensible, framework agnostic and fast.

- You can convert Bitcoin to any currency (ISO 4217 fiat or another cryptocurrency)
- You can convert any currency (ISO 4217 fiat or another cryptocurrency) to Bitcoin
- It supports different exchange rates providers: Coinbase, Coindesk, Bitpay
- It has baked-in caching (PSR16 compliant, swappable with your own or your framework's)

Install
-------

[](#install)

Lets begin by installing the library by Composer:

```
$ composer require mitmelon/bitcoin-converter:dev-main
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### You can then convert Bitcoin to any currency (ISO 4217 fiat or crypto) by:

[](#you-can-then-convert-bitcoin-to-any-currency-iso-4217-fiat-or-crypto-by)

```
use Oasin\BitcoinConverter\Converter;

$convert = new Converter; // uses Coinbase as default provider
echo $convert->toCurrency('USD', 0.5);
echo $convert->toCurrency('LTC', 0.5);
```

#### You can also convert any currency (ISO 4217 fiat or crypto) to Bitcoin:

[](#you-can-also-convert-any-currency-iso-4217-fiat-or-crypto-to-bitcoin)

```
use Oasin\BitcoinConverter\Converter;

$convert = new Converter;         // uses Coinbase as default provider
echo $convert->toBtc(100, 'USD');
echo $convert->toBtc(20, 'LTC');
```

and it also has its helper function for convenience:

```
// uses Coinbase as default provider
echo to_btc(100, 'USD');
echo to_btc(20, 'LTC');
```

#### You can use different exchange rates from providers:

[](#you-can-use-different-exchange-rates-from-providers)

```
use Oasin\BitcoinConverter\Converter;
use Oasin\BitcoinConverter\Provider\CoinbaseProvider;
use Oasin\BitcoinConverter\Provider\CoindeskProvider;
use Oasin\BitcoinConverter\Provider\BitpayProvider;

$convert = new Converter(new CoinbaseProvider);
$convert = new Converter(new CoindeskProvider);
$convert = new Converter(new BitpayProvider);
```

#### You can specify cache expire time (ttl) on provider by:

[](#you-can-specify-cache-expire-time-ttl-on-provider-by)

```
new CoinbaseProvider($httpClient, $psr16CacheImplementation, 5); // cache expires in 5mins, defaults to 60mins
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Open for suggestions and requests. Please request through \[issue\]\[link-issue\] or \[pull requests\]\[link-pull-request\].

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

13

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Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity19

Early-stage or recently created project

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Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

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