A while back I wrote a small script to extract the Bitcoin
+transactions in a wallet in the
+
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Petter Reinholdtsen
+
+from decimal import Decimal
+import json
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+import numpy
+
+def format_float(num):
+ return numpy.format_float_positional(num, trim='-')
+
+accounts = {
+ u'amount' : 'Assets:BTC:main',
+}
+
+addresses = {
+ '' : 'Assets:bankkonto',
+ '' : 'Assets:bankkonto',
+}
+
+def exec_json(cmd):
+ proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd,stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+ j = json.loads(proc.communicate()[0], parse_float=Decimal)
+ return j
+
+def list_txs():
+ # get all transactions for all accounts / addresses
+ c = 0
+ txs = []
+ txidfee = {}
+ limit=100000
+ cmd = ['bitcoin-cli', 'listtransactions', '*', str(limit)]
+ if True:
+ txs.extend(exec_json(cmd))
+ else:
+ # Useful for debugging
+ with open('transactions.json') as f:
+ txs.extend(json.load(f, parse_float=Decimal))
+ #print txs
+ for tx in sorted(txs, key=lambda a: a['time']):
+# print tx['category']
+ if 'abandoned' in tx and tx['abandoned']:
+ continue
+ if 'confirmations' in tx and 0 >= tx['confirmations']:
+ continue
+ when = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M', time.localtime(tx['time']))
+ if 'message' in tx:
+ desc = tx['message']
+ elif 'comment' in tx:
+ desc = tx['comment']
+ elif 'label' in tx:
+ desc = tx['label']
+ else:
+ desc = 'n/a'
+ print("%s %s" % (when, desc))
+ if 'address' in tx:
+ print(" ; to bitcoin address %s" % tx['address'])
+ else:
+ print(" ; missing address in transaction, txid=%s" % tx['txid'])
+ print(f" ; amount={tx['amount']}")
+ if 'fee'in tx:
+ print(f" ; fee={tx['fee']}")
+ for f in accounts.keys():
+ if f in tx and Decimal(0) != tx[f]:
+ amount = tx[f]
+ print(" %-20s %s BTC" % (accounts[f], format_float(amount)))
+ if 'fee' in tx and Decimal(0) != tx['fee']:
+ # Make sure to list fee used in several transactions only once.
+ if 'fee' in tx and tx['txid'] in txidfee \
+ and tx['fee'] == txidfee[tx['txid']]:
+ True
+ else:
+ fee = tx['fee']
+ print(" %-20s %s BTC" % (accounts['amount'], format_float(fee)))
+ print(" %-20s %s BTC" % ('Expences:BTC-fee', format_float(-fee)))
+ txidfee[tx['txid']] = tx['fee']
+
+ if 'address' in tx and tx['address'] in addresses:
+ print(" %s" % addresses[tx['address']])
+ else:
+ if 'generate' == tx['category']:
+ print(" Income:BTC-mining")
+ else:
+ if amount < Decimal(0):
+ print(f" Assets:unknown:sent:update-script-addr-{tx['address']}")
+ else:
+ print(f" Assets:unknown:received:update-script-addr-{tx['address']}")
+
+ print()
+ c = c + 1
+ print("# Found %d transactions" % c)
+ if limit == c:
+ print(f"# Warning: Limit {limit} reached, consider increasing limit.")
+
+def main():
+ list_txs()
+
+main()
+ It is more of a proof of concept, and I do not expect it to handle +all edge cases, but it worked for me, and perhaps you can find it +useful too.
+ +To get a more interesting result, it is useful to map accounts sent +to or received from to accounting accounts, using the +addresses hash. As these will be very context dependent, I +leave out my list to allow each user to fill out their own list of +accounts. Out of the box, 'ledger reg BTC:main' should be able to +show the amount of BTCs present in the wallet at any given time in the +past. For other and more valuable analysis, a account plan need to be +set up in the addresses hash. Here is an example +transaction:
+ ++ ++2024-03-07 17:00 Donated to good cause + Assets:BTC:main -0.1 BTC + Assets:BTC:main -0.00001 BTC + Expences:BTC-fee 0.00001 BTC + Expences:donations 0.1 BTC +
It need a running Bitcoin Core daemon running, as it connect to it +using bitcoin-cli listtransactions * 100000 to extract the +transactions listed in the Wallet.
+ +As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b.
+