Re: Bitcoin wastes electricity? - No - Heat your home with mining
These first experimental models are like cars that consume 40 gallons / 100 miles.
There will be people who will optimize the "mining-heater", I think
There will be people who will optimize the "mining-heater", I think
You can't optimize those mining heaters by avoiding the law of physics, end of story!
Heat pumps have always provided more energy than they consume because they work on a different principle, you can't have a bitcoin miner that cossumes 3kw produce more than the equivalent joules of heat.
what you might be forgetting. is those personal heaters people put near their beds or desks just to warm them up. are wasting 1kw but not heating a whole room
those convetor portable heaters that can warm a whole room use 2kw but they do not even try to product 100oc due to safety mechanisms added to down power/shut off/prevent heaters getting too hot
for product safety and consumer safety. they are wasting that 1kw-2kw energy but not producing the maximum achievable heat out of that energy
(safety rules about not going above Xoc to prevent house fires)
its not a law of physics that asics are breaking.. its actually safety guidelines of max temp for products designated as personal heaters.
yep you will not see a personal heater heater run constantly at 120oc
yet you will see an asic do that.
disclaimer dont sit near an asic. they get hot. and may also hurt your ears if you have not modified them to reduce noise