Pocket Crypto Miner: Putting crypto in your pocket!

Mine crypto using free green power from the sun

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Buy one and start pocket mining. Cost is $119 plus $18 shipping & handling to anywhere where the sun shines (worldwide)! Be sure to show it to your friends.

Customers who live in Austin, Texas, can save on shipping because I will meet them face-to-face and set up the miner for them.

If you are an educator at an accredited educational institution, you can buy a Pocket Miner at reduced cost (basically "at cost"). Free S&H. You will need an email address from an accredited educational institution and a class/course page that shows that you teach one or more classes.

Important:

  • This pre-sale is limited to only 30 Pocket Miners, which start shipping 12th September 2025.
  • For buyers outside the USA, any tariffs or duty owed upon delivery at your end must be paid by you. This sad state of affairs is because of all the uncertainties surrounding the current tariff war.
  • The Pocket Miner is not waterproof. Keep it away from rain and water.
  • The Pocket Miner comes with a 90 day warranty from defects of workmanship and components.

What's included in the Pocket Miner

I've managed to fit a lot of electronics and features into a pocket-sized Altoids box:

  • Handy pocket or purse size, carry it with you everywhere
  • Two in-built solar panels that provide up to 700mW in good sunlight
  • Microcontroller with SHA256 (algo for many cryptos) in hardware
  • Dual microprocessors
  • WiFi (2.4Ghz, connect to a WiFi access point, or pair with your mobile phone)
  • Power management circuitry to seamlessly manage power from many sources, internal solar and external power (solar, USB, power bank)
  • Ability to update with new firmware and mining software at any time, ours or yours. As easy as dragging a file to a thumb-drive.
  • On-board ten farad super-capacitor to power the device and continue mining uninterrupted during cloud cover for up to 10 minutes when using solar power
  • Ability to overclock the microcontroller when power is abundant
  • You can switch from mining one cryptocurrency to another at any time with a flick of a switch
  • Solo mine, or pool mine, your choice
  • No crypto private keys or private crypto information whatsoever are stored on the device
  • Not a wallet
  • Can be used as a pocket IoT computational device (edge-AI anyone?) as well as a crypto miner
  • Programmable in MicroPython, CircuitPython and C/C++
  • Excellent way to learn about blockchain and cryptocurrencies in a hands-on and participative way
  • Some crypto is better than no crypto!

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