A heater that mines bitcoins has been developed in the US

The American company Heatbit has released the world’s first bitcoin-mining heater called Heatbit. The startup raised money to launch the project through the Kickstarter platform in 2021, and last month the first commercial samples were ready for the company’s first investors and customers.

The Heatbit has a power of 1400 watts and is designed to heat rooms up to 16 square meters. The device works quite quietly, as its noise level does not exceed 42 decibels. For comparison, the sound volume of a working refrigerator reaches 40 decibels.

The computing power of the device is 14 teraflops per second. Since 2022, Heatbit has been certified to US and Canadian safety standards. Rigorous tests included covering the device at full power with a blanket, stopping the fan, and many others to ensure that it is safe to use in residential areas.

In most highly developed economies, the cost of electricity will not allow Heatbit to fully cover the cost of electricity through mining, but this is due to the falling prices of cryptocurrency assets. From the point of view of a long-term investment, the device is interesting — the gadget consumes as much energy as a conventional heater, but it is constantly working on cryptocurrency mining for its owner.