diff --git a/docs/contribute.md b/docs/contribute.md index 445ce92..b04fbd4 100644 --- a/docs/contribute.md +++ b/docs/contribute.md @@ -50,16 +50,19 @@ page](https://blockchain-technology-lab.github.io/tokenomics-decentralization/se ### Price information The directory `price_data/` contains information about the supported ledgers' -market price. Each file in this folder is named `.csv` (for the +market price. Each file in this folder is named `-USD.csv` (for the corresponding ledger). The csv file has no header and each line contains two comma-separated values: (i) a day (in the form YYYY-MM-DD); -(ii) the USD market price of the token on the set day. +(ii) the USD market price of the token on the set day (specifically its opening price). + +All price information is currently obtained from CoinGecko. To contribute price information you can either update an existing file, by adding entries for days where data is missing, or create a new file for a newly-supported ledger and add historical price data. + ## Add metrics To add a new metric, you should do the following steps. diff --git a/docs/data.md b/docs/data.md index 2590cdf..f1e499c 100644 --- a/docs/data.md +++ b/docs/data.md @@ -197,6 +197,5 @@ There are also three command line arguments that can be used to customize the da ## Historical prices -The historical market prices (available in `price_data`) were collected from -[CoinMarketCap](https://coinmarketcap.com/) and -[Statista](https://www.statista.com/). +The historical market prices for all coins (available under `price_data`) were collected from +[CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/).