🤖 Automate via cron job

The easiest way to run Crabada.py without human supervision is using the bin.mining.run command, as described in the README.

If you need a more fine-grained control, or you want to automate looting operations, you should consider setting a cron job: this is what this Wiki article is about.

I would recommend to do it on a remote server, for example on Vultr, AWS or Google Cloud; if you can't be bothered, you can also do it on your computer: just make sure you keep the computer turned on all the time.

- Linux & Mac instructions

Follow these instructions to send all available teams mining & to collect rewards for you:

1. Find the path of Python 3 in your system by running which python3 or which python.
2. Open crontab > env EDITOR=nano crontab -e
3. Insert the following lines:

   0,30 * * * * cd $HOME/crabada.py && /path/to/python3 -m bin.mining.sendTeamsMining <your address>
   15,45 * * * * cd $HOME/crabada.py && /path/to/python3 -m bin.mining.closeMines <your address>
   

4. Customize with the path to Python 3 (/path/to/python3), the path to the script folder ($HOME/crabada.py) and your wallet address (<your address>).
5. The cron job will run twice every 30 minutes. Feel free to change the frequency, if in doubt see Crontab Guru.
6. If you want to reinforce defense too, just add another line to run bin.mining.reinforceDefense, for example:

   2,12,22,32,42,52 * * * * cd $HOME/crabada.py && python -m bin.mining.reinforceDefense <your address>
   

- Windows instructions

You need to rely on Powershell: volunteer needed to write this wiki section 🙂