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Bitcoin Mining Heats Home For Free In Siberia (qz.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cottage-in-the-woods dept.

Quartz has published a video on YouTube about two entrepreneurs who have figured out how to heat their homes for free by mining bitcoin. The "miner" -- that is, the machine mining the bitcoins -- warms up liquid that is then transferred to the underfloor heating system. The cottage has two miners, which bring in about $430 per month from processing bitcoin transactions -- all while keeping the 20 square meter space warm.

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  1. Re:So I guess Elecrity is free in Siberia? by chipschap · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ehh, maybe it is. I don't exactly go to eastern Europe to often, so I don't exactly know.

    Didn't know Siberia had moved to Eastern Europe. I learn a lot on /.