Braiins Ratchet

Monitor-only research scaffold for optimizing a manual "buy hashpower on Braiins, mine through OCEAN" strategy.

The first implementation is deliberately conservative:

• The code never places, modifies, or cancels Braiins orders.
• The default strategy emits recommendations only.
• The strategy distinguishes manual_canary research experiments from manual_bid profit-seeking opportunities.
• The Braiins integration accepts a watcher-only token only.
• All mutable runtime state stays inside this repository under data/.
• The Git branch is master.
• The project uses Python standard library only.

Quick Start

./scripts/ratchet setup
./scripts/ratchet

./scripts/ratchet is the cockpit. It tells you exactly what to do next.

For a 6-hour monitoring session:

./scripts/ratchet watch 6

Every completed watch is now treated as a ratchet experiment. It writes a run report under reports/run-*.md and appends the master ledger at reports/EXPERIMENT_LOG.md.

To inspect the experiment ledger:

./scripts/ratchet experiments

To embed an already completed manual session from stored snapshots:

./scripts/ratchet retro 2026-04-25T19:08:00+00:00 2026-04-25T21:05:00+00:00

For the human operating guide:

./scripts/ratchet explain

Import a manual Braiins market snapshot:

PYTHONPATH=src ./.venv/bin/python -m braiins_ratchet.cli import-market examples/market_snapshot.example.json
PYTHONPATH=src ./.venv/bin/python -m braiins_ratchet.cli evaluate

The JSON shape is:

{
  "timestamp_utc": "2026-04-25T12:00:00+00:00",
  "best_price_btc_per_eh_day": "0.30",
  "available_hashrate_eh_s": "0.10",
  "source": "manual"
}

Public Braiins Market Data

The collector first uses unauthenticated public web endpoints from hashpower.braiins.com; no token is needed for live price action. See docs/BRAIINS_PUBLIC_MARKET.md.

Watcher-only tokens are only relevant if we later need account-specific read-only data such as your private balance, historical fills, or order status. Owner tokens remain out of scope.

Recommendation States

• observe: do nothing.
• manual_canary: a tiny manually executed research experiment is within the configured loss budget.
• manual_bid: a manually executed bid clears profit-seeking discount and risk guardrails.

The Braiins market report distinguishes visible top-of-book from executable depth:

• best_ask_btc_per_eh_day: cheapest visible ask.
• fillable_price_btc_per_eh_day: cheapest ask level with enough unmatched supply for the configured canary-sized target PH/s.
• suggested_bid_btc_per_eh_day: fillable price plus the configured overpay cushion.

Documentation

• PROGRAM.md: research charter and ratchet rules.
• START_HERE.md: no-prior-knowledge operating instructions.
• SECURITY.md: token, computer, and trading safety guardrails.
• docs/BRAIINS_PUBLIC_MARKET.md: public market collector behavior.
• docs/RATCHET_OPERATIONS.md: day-to-day monitor cycle.
• docs/CLI_REFERENCE.md: command reference and test command.
• reports/EXPERIMENT_LOG.md: master ratchet ledger with run-level hypotheses, outcomes, and adaptations.

Tests

PYTHONPATH=src ./.venv/bin/python -m unittest discover -s tests

The tests are network-free and use fixtures for public Braiins parsing. Live collectors are intentionally separate operational checks.

Guardrail Model

braiins_ratchet.strategy can propose a manual bid, but braiins_ratchet.guardrails decides whether that proposal is admissible. The executor layer currently has no write-capable Braiins methods. If live execution is ever added, it must be a separate reviewed change and remain disabled by default.

Data Maturity

OCEAN's TIDES payout model means a canary experiment should not be scored immediately after spend completion. A spend should be treated as immature until its shares have had time to age through the pool's share-log window. The strategy therefore records both expected value and maturity notes.