Bittasker is a Flask-based productivity and task management platform that leverages:

• ✅ Bitcoin timestamping (via OpenTimestamps)
• ⚡ Lightning Network for reward payouts
• 🤖 Google Gemini AI (1.5 Pro) for productivity coaching
• 👥 Team collaboration, tagging, and scheduling support

• 🔐 User authentication (registration, login, logout)
• 📋 Task creation with priorities, deadlines, tags, and rewards (in sats)
• ✅ Task completion with verifiable timestamps stored on the Bitcoin blockchain
• ⚡ Automated Lightning reward payout for completed tasks
• 📊 AI-powered insights from Gemini 1.5 (task patterns, habits, time blocks)
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Team formation, task visibility across team, and role-based access
• 🔍 Chat history tracking and API health checks
• 🖼️ Placeholder image generator API
• 🌐 RESTful API design

• Backend: Flask, Flask-Login, SQLAlchemy, Flask-CORS
• Database: SQLite (default), easily extendable to PostgreSQL
• Bitcoin Integration: BlockCypher API, OpenTimestamps
• Lightning: LND REST API support
• AI: Google Generative AI (Gemini 1.5 Pro)
• Authentication: Session-based via Flask-Login
• Deployment: Works locally and with Docker or cloud setups

You must define the following in a .env file or your environment:

SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key_here
DATABASE_URI=sqlite:///bittasker.db
BITCOIN_TESTNET=True
BLOCKCHAIN_API_KEY=your_blockcypher_api_key
LIGHTNING_NODE_URL=https://your-lnd-node.com
LIGHTNING_API_KEY=your_lightning_api_key
LIGHTNING_MACAROON=hex_macaroon_here
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_google_gemini_key

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/bittasker.git
cd bittasker

# 2. Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# 3. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 4. Run the app
python btc_app.py