&gt; Mining on a desktop computer just barely works<p>You would not be mining on a computer&#x27;s CPU (or GPU). You would be mining on a dedicated ASIC chip (that is already in production).<p>&gt; And I absolutely don&#x27;t want my mobile to die on me daily because the bitcoin mining drains the battery.<p>Which I why I specified in my comment that you could limit the mining chip to running only when the device is plugged into the wall (e.g. when you charge the battery overnight).