As bitcoin mining technology advances and its economic benefits for real estate become more apparent, we're likely to see a wider integration of bitcoin mining into #realestate infrastructures.
Discussion
Other than using the waste heat from the miners, what other infrastructure do you think is applicable for integration?
Right. It makes sense if you have a battery storage solution and want to over-build additional solar capacity on the roof, especially for residential applications.
For commercial (e.g. malls, business parks, and light industrial warehouse complexes), the possibility for additional solar capacity is certainly available, but the Landlord will need to use up some of a Tenant’s space (or Common Area) to install battery storage as well as somewhere *secure* to install the miners. To me, that’s the real infrastructure play, but it will take a creative Landlord and property manager to commit additional resources to monitor an operation of any meaningful size — even just a dozen miners takes babysitting.
Absolutely. It’s not easy. There are a few companies though working on pre-manufactured mining rigs to be used for heating etc. — I hope that will make things “easier” going forward.
Thought about that too. And even for residential - my dad said he was thinking about putting solar panels on the roof of his house and that he could only cover 1/3 of the surface because the local grid operator wouldn’t let him sell more back into the grid… for me, this sounds like an obvious use case for mining 🤔