Bitcoiners, Nostrochers, and open sourcers in general are largely focused solely on software. There's little, if anything, in the way of collective hardware development. If there were some well-established funding and collaboration structure, I would produce some simple solutions myself in various areas, but unfortunately there isn't. It's immensely easier and more financially viable to develop it yourself and sell the project to a centralized company.

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Yes, but most bitcoiners don't invest in much other than bitcoin... In general, they prefer to lend support to some projects in the form of ideas or work, when they see fit, but even in these cases, it's not the norm.