展示HN：我的口袋设备，用于利用太阳能挖掘加密货币（“口袋矿工”）
我制作了一个小型口袋设备，用于挖掘加密货币。我将几块太阳能板和相当多的电子元件挤进了一个适合放在口袋或手提包里的阿尔托伊德薄荷糖罐中。只需将其放在阳光下，坐下来喝咖啡，就可以开始挖矿。
我称之为“口袋矿工”。演示视频（约120秒）：[https://youtu.be/kAskH1c4AmE](https://youtu.be/kAskH1c4AmE)
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我制作这个设备的动机可以在我所称的“口袋宣言”中找到总结。
**口袋加密宣言（“口袋宣言”）**
**我们的信念**
* 钱太重要了，不应留在政治家和银行家的手中，历史上他们对货币供应的管理一直不善。
* 为了让加密货币（crypto）更好地运作并更好地服务于希望使用它的人，加密货币需要被民主化，真正放在使用它的人的口袋里（字面意义上！）。
* 支撑加密货币的区块链必须是强大且具有韧性的，意味着它们在日常使用中可靠且可用，并能抵御来自任何地方的攻击。为此，支撑它们的网络和计算资源必须是大规模和小规模的，地理和技术上多样化，并不完全依赖于电网和互联网。在可能的情况下，帮助消除加密基础设施中的单点故障和资源集中，而不影响其功能。
* 目前支撑加密货币的网络和计算资源在能源使用上过于浪费，应该更多地利用我们周围环境中丰富的环境能量来为其提供动力。
* 通过使用来自环境的免费能源，我们减轻了电网的负担，使加密活动变得更加“绿色”。而且，嘿，能源是免费的，所以你挖掘的代币也是免费的！
* 此外，口袋挖矿设备易于回收，减少了其在使用寿命结束时对环境的影响。
* 环境能量收集和回收利用将使加密基础设施更加可持续。
* 支撑加密货币的挖矿和其他活动已经过于集中在少数人手中，为了增强韧性、多样性和民主化，需要将其分散到更多人手中，包括那些经济上处于劣势的人（通过消除成本作为进入的障碍）。
**我们将做什么 - 加密货币的新方向和未来**
* 也许具有讽刺意味的是，我们想要创建一个“独立矿工集体”，这是一个支持由人们携带小型设备（理想情况下是口袋或手提包大小）组成的加密基础设施的团体，这些设备通过从周围环境中免费收集能量来工作。
* 字面和比喻上都将加密货币放在人民的口袋里。比喻上是指人们可以随着时间的推移获取和积累少量加密货币。字面上是通过在他们的口袋或手提包中使用小型低成本设备（从而降低进入的门槛）。
* 让人们完全控制他们挖掘加密货币的内容、时间、原因和方式（独立或池）。
* 允许任何人在加密领域开发新币和代币，并迅速将其推出并部署到现有的广泛分布的绿色设备网络上。由于可以部署到众多小型设备上，这具有被更多人多样化和广泛采用的额外优势。让人们进行实验。
* 鼓励人们以低成本和低风险采用加密货币，并在此过程中学习一些有用的加密知识。
* 允许个人、学校和大学以实践和参与的方式自学区块链和加密货币。
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