Smart Owner: Stream Mining Devices Overview

Natalie Devy
NODR
Published in
5 min readDec 29, 2018

Just to make you sure that many of smart devices you have at home, at work or in your bag can serve you the way you don’t expect yet, our next article is a pitchy overview of different gadgets you can use for your wealth.

We at NODR want to be helpful and bring you good news — a future source of your online income is right in front of you!

Any digital devices may become decentralized CDN node if they have storage space enough to store media pieces to offload them on demand, and have a preferable Internet connection of 5–10 mbps and more to support the demand. Let’s revise what exactly can become a node even now and in theory, and why, from typical gadgets to unexpected cases.

Desktops

Traditionally made for home and office, desktops are primary Internet connection consumers. Since 1 computer can contribute 10–30 Mbps, we consider millions of desktops around the globe to become nodes of NODR growing CDN.

Laptops

Millions of users around the world prefer handy powerful laptops to be their portable computers for life. The same story as desktops, when generating good traffic, laptops are foreseen to become the majority of NODR nodes in the nearest future.

Tablets

Imagine you have this device used in travels or at work presentations only, still, it lays down the shelter for months. With just a few lines of code, your idle tablet’s memory coupled with the Internet bandwidth becomes a source of income, when your first NODR points you store and multiply by different actions like join online tests, then exchange for real tokens, then turn it to fiat money.

Smartphones

How much Gb of Internet traffic does your provider offer per month? For what price? Or is it unlimited Internet? For what price? Make your mobile broadband work for itself and join NODR network from your cell phone.

VR glasses

Another toy for wealthy people or technology of the future? Having a virtual reality gadget is a great opportunity to experience what other people dream about. Same for online income as a node of CDN. Lots of people have no idea about stream mining and the devices they may use for it with no additional spendings or skills required.

Smart TV / Home theater / Home theater projectors

They are good enough to be considered as digital devices, having a wifi connection and HDD make them storage — possessed and easily used as nodes to store and distribute chunks of media on demand.

Internet routers

Some models of Internet routers themselves have bandwidth and considerable storage to lend. In addition, you can always check how many devices are connected to the Internet router to use the same Internet channel, and how much Internet per each device is used, to be sure there is an excess to lend.

Smart Home devices

A very popular nowadays, smart home technologies practically connect different devices at home to make a home network of solutions for the light, central heating, watering, cooking, washing, sleeping, and so on. They suppose to have enough amount of HDD due to organizational duties and so may be used as nodes (when a firmware applied).

Smart watches

The small ones, but not the least, smartwatches are common devices to solve many tasks and even replace mobiles in sort of a way. Some models are wifi adopted when the majority are Bluetoothed only. Nevertheless, they have future prospects to be developed and grow to possible nodes.

Media streamers

These devices, in theory, may store and distribute media files on demand with a necessary firmware applied when it comes to the NODR code to be added to its framework.

Game consoles

If it uses bandwidth to lend, imagine how cool is that — your play station will earn profits for you when you do not play (and quite possibly even if you do).

Appliance
It’s not a big surprise today to find a microwave with a USB slot or a refrigerator with a wifi connection. If you a lucky owner of digitally-powered home electronics, check the “sleeping” bandwidth it may have to keep in mind for future lending (when a firmware applied).

Cars
As for those cars using electricity as petrol (and why not traditional petrol cars too), producing wifi and being nature-friendly, the savings or additional income by their own resources is just so up to the point. Not typical for this yet, cars soon will be considered not only as private transport but personal hi-tech smart machines.

Drones/eToys
Welcome to the reality of the 21st century, today drones are easy to buy in every big toy or electronic shop. Some eDogs have replaced real ones in many families due to fur allergy. Connected to your mobile or camera some models are also wifi adopted. Great opportunity for them to serve their masters.

Printers/scanners

Curious how the office equipment may become nodes too? Check it for future necessary firmware applied — it always develops very fast and potentially is in our focus to join NODR network.

eBikes

It is something new to be considered as nodes, however, if eBikes possess storage and wifi connection, they have an excellent chance to serve their owners as nodes with the firmware applied.

eReaders
Almost a computer, yet not so powerful and tool implemented, an eReader may become a long-lasting node for good.

Fitness Trackers

When not only Bluetooth-powered but wifi adopted, with a proper firmware applied different trackers may join CDN as nodes in future.

All things considered, the stated items can bring you sustained profits soon or in theory. NODR content delivery network enables users to lend their idle internet connection via their smart devices and get tokens as a reward, with no specific skills or equipment required.

At NODR we engage users into a network built of users’ nodes from all over the world to serve as gateways of decentralized media traffic delivery system. No servers need, this is a decentralized Internet of people made by people and for people.

Ask us how you can turn your “sleeping” bandwidth into profits by sending a request via email or social media and enjoy your smart tech even more!

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Natalie Devy
NODR
Editor for

10yrs+ in Product Marketing & Business Communications for streaming media tech, software development