there was something bought up in the other thread about people that might want there miners outside but dont feel secure because it might get stolen then someone aid something about a gnome i liked it but it got my mind churning so im gona spit it out add things to it maybe it will be cheaper but here we go.
a spaceman like the one evergreencoin has for his icon to sit in the yard or porch. his face or visor could be the solar panels. all the other stuff can go in his stomach and the bottom you can have somewhere to add sand to make it harder to walk off with. the spaceman could probably be molded from a cost effective yet still strong material. added security would be to have a way to track the miner if someone would to walk off with it. example anywhere i log into my google whether phone or laptop i can pull up my account from any computer and see where my phone is for instance i lost it. it will tell me where it is put it on a map and i have options to ring it and it will even ring loud if the phone is on silent or i can also completely lock the phone from a computer so it cant be used.
I do like these ideas but, all of them would add to the cost to make the solar miner. The GPS tracking would greatly add to the cost and would be useless once the solar miner was out of range of the wifi it was setup to use unless in used cellular service. This would not only add greatly to the initial cost and push development of the product back, but a monthly service fee would surly offset the 7% interest being gained. Making owning the solar miner a financial loss.
If the device is stolen from ones yard, the best thing to do would to import the private key of the wallet on it into a different wallet and send the coins to a different address so the thief could not. That and of course notify authorities.
Perhaps future models of the solar miner could be designed more as a decorative yard ornament, true. But at this point we are trying to keep the cost low while still delivering a functional and reliable product. That and bring it to the market as soon as possible. Function over fashion.
Thanks for the ideas and for brainstorming on it. We do appreciate the input of the community.
