It's snowing and cold outside, but my Antminer S9's are still keeping my house nice and warm. I did this all last winter and I'm doing it again this winter. It works so damn well. I have one in the basement, where I am now, and two on the first floor. The second floor bedrooms are probably a degree or two colder than the rest of the house, but no one complains. The house stays between 68 and 72 degrees throughout the night and day. Bitcoin heat is the best kind of heat. Change my mind.
Discussion
What would the costs to run the Antminer compared to running baseboard electric heat differ?
Baseboard heat is probably worse? Just a random guess because they use so much electricity. I don't know real numbers for that. I do have real numbers for my own scenario though. I have a heat pump and my heat pump is more efficient than baseboard heat. As for costs, it's costing me about $30 extra a month to heat with ASICs, but I get about the same amount in bitcoin per month, based on current prices.
wow, that’s not bad at all. Thanks!
Did ya catch this thread on the risks of pushing cold air through a hot ASIC, and some solutions:
https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1605601345334956033
I did not. I will check it out. My ASICs don't have cold outside air intake, they are inside and taking in inside air.
Living in Phoenix it’s stories like this that make me want to live in the bitter cold. 😄
The cold and snow is fun until it's not. I don't mind it because I've had 4 distinct seasons my who live, but sometimes you're just done and ready for it to be over.
Ok Derek. When the day comes (and it will) i'll try and poach you as the Chief Executive Engineer of my Citadel. The Citadel of Merrcurria, remember thy name
Does it end up being comparable in cost to regular forced air heat? I’m sure it depends on you electric rates but I’m curious.
Just setup a heatbit miner in the baby nursery ready for the rest of the UK cold spell. Dog and wife are reluctant to give praise at this time… but the atheistically pleasing miner has made a foothold! Haha
I do not know a lot about Heatbit. They cost $1200, right? And you cannot change your mining pool, it uses Nicehash, right? You can buy a used S9 for $150 and have 100% full control. How loud is your Heatbit at 14TH/s? My S9's are underclocked at 10Th/s and aren't loud at all. The nice thing about Heatbit is that it looks great, like you said. S9's are "ugly" unless you get a nice 3D printed case for it.
How much are your underclocked S9’s generating for you #[3] ? 👀
It's not a whole lot, about 20K per day on average.
Have you guys seen what #[5] has been doing with their s9 heater setups and data collection? 
Yes! This is actually one of my favorite threads on Twitter.
This heatbit company is shit. I paid 1200 for a heatbit and it is a paper weight now. Stopped working after 2 months. Customer service just strimgs me along with excuses and its been over a month and i havent got a replacement. I finally initiated a charge back on my credit card.
If you want to see the email copies i can show you i saved them all.
This heatbit company is shit. I paid 1200 for a heatbit and it is a paper weight now. Stopped working after 2 months. Customer service just strimgs me along with excuses and its been over a month and i havent got a replacement. I finally initiated a charge back on my credit card.
If you want to see the email copies i can show you i saved them all.
do you heat your whole house with these? What ends up being your monthly electric bill? I currently heat my whole house all winter with a wood stove because oil is so high haha
I do heat my whole house. I have my heat pump set at 68 degrees in case it gets overly cold. Then the S9's do the rest.