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The linked article touches upon that concept as a feasible application of mining heat:

"In a home, however, if the outside temperature is less than about 20′C, the cost of electricity is zero; all electricity spent by the miner necessarily eventually turns into “waste” heat, which then heats the home and substitutes for electricity that would be spent by a central heater."




The zero-cost figure is... um... wrong. Your central heater probably either does not use electricity (presumably using a cheaper fuel source) or is a heat pump (and thus gets efficiency greater than 100% on the electricity by stealing heat from the ground). The real cost is still lower than the nominal cost, but it's not zero.


Yes - but I want it as a domestically acceptable appliance (e.g. relatively child & cat proof).

I can just imagine it "It's a bit chilly, turn the miner on for a bit".




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