Sneaky Ninja Update: Improved accuracy & performance

Hey guys, hope all is well.

The latest version of Sneaky-Ninja is now available! This update includes another few bug fixes & introduces more features to increase the accuracy + performance of the bot.

Here is a full list of all changes + fixes:

• Fixed vote weight scaling (minimum 1%)
• Enable / Disable progress logging & added log rate(update every N blocks)
• Fixed timeframe management for trackers 2 - 10
• Fixed accuracy + calculations for post inspections
• Fixed bug where some comments were inspected & not the main post
• Killed reblog & follow features
• Enable / Disable MINAVGPOST scaling
• Added SKIPTAG list
• Added SKIPVOTER list
• Now only does author evaluations if there are voters online
• Validate all user inputs before starting
• Validate user(s) + key(s) before starting
• Improved the accuracy of avg post value calculation

1.Requirements:

• Node.js (I recommend installing the latest version of node with nvm)
• npm
• (optional ) pm2

2.Installation:

• Clone this repo & cd into it
  git clone https://github.com/louis23412/sneaky-ninja-hive.git && cd sneaky-ninja-hive

• Install dependencies
  npm install

3.Configuring variables & running the bot:

• Open settings.json & add your account(s) + key(s)

  Single account:

  "USERLIST" : [
      ["usernameHere", "privatePostingKeyHere"]
  ]
  

  Multiple accounts:

  "USERLIST" : [
      ["usernameHere", "privatePostingKeyHere"],
      ["usernameHere", "privatePostingKeyHere"],
      ["usernameHere", "privatePostingKeyHere"]
  ]
  

  For security reasons, only use your posting key(s)!

• Change the variables as needed:

   "GLOBALVARS" : {
       "PROGRESSLOG" : true,
       "LOGRATE" : 1,
  
       "MINREP" : 35,
       "MAXACTIVEPOSTS" : 7,
       "MAXVOTERS" : 3,
       "MINAVGPOST" : 1,
       "DOWNSCALEMINAVG" : true,
       "MAXVALUETHRESHOLD" : 2.5,
       "MINSCHEDULETIME" : 4.88,
  
       "MINRC" : 80,
       "BASEWEIGHT" : 1,
       "VPRANGESTART" : 95,
       "VPRANGESTOP" : 99,
       "VWSCALE" : true
   }
  

PROGRESSLOG : true to enable progress logging for every block inspected / false to disable
LOGRATE : the number of blocks to pass before logging progress

MINREP : the minimum reputation of the author.
MAXACTIVEPOSTS : the maximum allowed posts for the author over the last 7 days.
MAXVOTERS : the maximum number of voters allowed on the post at the time of voting.
MINAVGPOST : the minimum average post value for the author over the last 7 days.
DOWNSCALEMINAVG : true to downscale the minimum average post value needed for longer timeframes / false to disable
MAXVALUETHRESHOLD : the maximum allowed % of average value allowed on the post at the time of inspection
MINSCHEDULETIME : the minimum age a post has to be to get an upvote.

MINRC : the minimum resource credit % needed to vote. Helps to prevent RC drainage on small accounts.
BASEWEIGHT : the voting weight % used to upvote posts.
VPRANGESTART : the minimum voting power % needed to vote
VPRANGESTOP : the script will automatically try to keep voting power % at this level. Voting power can dip in between start & stop.
VWSCALE : true to enable vote weight scaling. (Formula used: base weight x average post value) / false to use only BASEWEIGHT

• In order to prevent the upvoting of plagiarised / "bad" / unwanted content, the bot will avoid all tags & voters from the SKIPTAGS & SKIPVOTERS lists

   "SKIPTAGS" : [
       "cross-post",
       "nsfw"
   ],
  
   "SKIPVOTERS" : [
       "spaminator"
   ],
  

• The bot should work just fine with the default RPC list provided, but if it seems a bit slow or fails, you can view the status of all active nodes here.

  "RPCLIST" : [
        "https://anyx.io",
        "https://rpc.ausbit.dev",
        "https://api.hive.blog",
        "https://api.openhive.network"
  ]
  

• Save the config file, then run the bot
  npm start

After validating the settings & username + keys, the bot will start the block stream:

Once connected & PROGRESSLOG = true, the bot will log every block inspected + some overall stats:

Note: The HP gain in the screenshot above is from delegations received via dlease. Not actual gain at runtime.