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Still, that's a lot of electricity that could have been warming houses.
by bouncycastle 6y ago
Still, that's a lot of electricity that could have been warming houses.
- Vecr 6y agoA Bitcoin miner is not more or less efficient than a resist backup heater attached to a heat pump. I guess it would be bad for them to be somewhere that's not in a house, though.
- bouncycastle 6y agoAll electric heaters are all considered to be 100% efficient. A bitcoin miner is an electric heater, not a heat pump. Although much more noisy, expensive and breaks more often, plus it requires an internet connection. So it makes more sense to get a normal heater. Mining bitcoin only makes sense on an industrial scale. Which is why these things are usually found in data center like facilities. (Meanwhile heat pumps can go up to 300% efficiency.)