Some Americans Are Trying to Heat Their Homes With Bitcoin Mining

An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC:

[T]he computing power of crypto mining generates a lot of
heat, most which just ends up vented into the air. According to
digital assets brokerage, K33, the bitcoin mining industry generates about 100 TWh of heat annually — enough to heat all of
Finland.This energy waste within a very energy-intense
industry is leading entrepreneurs to look for ways to repurpose
the heat for homes, offices, or other locations, especially…