I am very excited and it's been an amazing experience working on SolarCoin projects this year. Also here is an update to the #solarcoinalphaproject
Thank you very much Epiphany and Nick for mentions. It is truely inspirational to work with such a supportive communitiy that the SolarCoin people are with the cool people that founded it and then the great people working from the CCN team and the move to PoS.
An update to progress of the Stand-alone Solar system on the balcony #solarcoinalphaproject.
Remaining:5) Communication box wiring
--> DONE6) Dry test and link to API.
--> DONE7) Stability and running for 1-2 weeks.
--> ONGOING Writing the white paper
--> ONGOINGI am now in academic writing mode. I have another paper to present at WCPEC-6 next week in Kyoto on a similar topic so it is taking my time this week. But I will be writing this solarcoin paper shortly after and uploading it to Solcrypto.com.
I have also recently realized that a stand alone self-powered "node" that supports the blockchain is really helpful. Each of the "nodes" are geographically diverse and all they need is an internet connection and the sun.
The system that we have made is working on the 7th floor of a downtown Tokyo balcony and it is seriously getting shaded and away from the optimum solar conditions yet I charged my phone off it every few days, and it is running the monitoring infrastructure.
I will share a photo here.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9_OQXnmZdVmeXp2d2EtUnVXMG95SjNxaDJSZnB6bWt0TmQ0/view?usp=sharingThe exciting news. The software company has said that it is possible to send out automated data packets that are encrypted at 256bit to any server/location or even to an SMS or email.
These are the next steps to explore in this proof of concept to connect a stand alone system to the blockchain.
-Thank you,
lfloorwalker
Hi all,
Thanks Corather and Mazzaneo for mentions.
A short update on my project called the #solarcoinalphaproject. I promised that the first version would be out by late October so I thought I had better inform about the schedules. I am running behind schedule.
The goal of the project is more of a running proof of concept to show that an encrypted signal can be sent from a stand-alone PV system's API to any required receivers to accurately and securely prove the number of solarcoin's being generated by the system during daylight hours of operation.
0) Design completed. Electrical design and then some tests of the gateway and its communication to the software teams API. Completed. I had some initial road blocks here.
1) Components procured and delivered. So far it also includes a global pyranometer enabling the system to have a prediction mechanism inbuilt based on historical weather data for the location.
2) Weather proofing tested for battery box.
3) Power system DC Wiring half completed.
4) Meeting with software team completed. Understand tasks.
Remaining:
5) Communication box wiring
6) Dry test and link to API.
7) Stability and running for 1-2 weeks.
Writing the white paper (in parallel) to explain the prediction technology, the link to the API and possible further work ( I hope others can pick up from where I stop) i.e. secure blockchain calls and receives because my area of expertise is solar yield prediction technology, solar PV systems and PV monitoring systems, not networking security.
Please note, the system is only a proof of concept intended to show what could be done theoretically. It would not interfere with anything.
Thank you,
-lfloorwalker
I saw pictures of this last night!!!!!
Check out Solcrypto's tweet to see one of them. He asked me not to share the other pictures, so I won't. But I
can share how frickin' exciting it is!!!
Do we have our very own young Musk here???
Luke, on a very genuine note, I truly admire your excitement and dedication. You are a light to us all!