A bathtub that heats water with mining heat, and accepts Bitcoin payments too
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Seattle-based hot tub maker Snorkel has launched the HashTub, a hot tub that heats its water using waste heat from bitcoin mining rigs and accepts BTC as payment on its product page. Developed jointly with Hashrate House, the unit immerses mining hardware in dielectric fluid and transfers captured heat through a heat exchanger to the tub water, combining bitcoin payments with heat reuse. Hashrate House specs put the rigs' thermal output at roughly 4kW, with a maximum tub temperature of 104°F and a dedicated 60A/240V GFCI circuit required for the complete product. The first HashTub installation is planned at Snorkel's own location. The launch matters as a small but concrete example of miners monetizing waste heat and of bitcoin payments reaching consumer hardware retail. What to watch next is whether the model scales beyond niche installations and whether other manufacturers adopt similar heat-reuse designs.
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Snorkel, HashTub, Hashrate House, Bitcoin (BTC), Seattle
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