{"id":3216,"date":"2022-04-08T09:08:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=3216"},"modified":"2022-04-08T09:08:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T09:08:56","slug":"water-great-idea-bitcoin-mining-heats-this-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=3216","title":{"rendered":"Water great idea! Bitcoin mining heats this swimming pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n<p>A Bitcoiner has &#8220;pooled&#8221; off another mining innovation. The &#8216;waste&#8217; heat generated by mining Bitcoin (BTC) is used to warm his swimming pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin enthusiast Jonathan Yuan had kids who \u201clove swimming, but the year before [he started using waste heat], they barely ever did it because it was always too cold for them.\u201d Fortunately, he was interested in Bitcoin mining and understood that Bitcoin mining emits a lot of heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yuan told Cointelegraph that he purchased a \u201cheat exchanger and setup some ASICs,\u201d\u00a0 (application-specific integrated circuits), and subsequently managed to keep \u201cthe pool above 90F all summer.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The process works by immersion,\u00a0 which simultaneously cools the ASICs\u00a0while &#8220;reclaiming that waste heat and putting it to practical applications such as heating living\/working spaces, pools, or anything that could benefit from up to 60C\/140F of heat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The immersed ASICs underneath the swimming pool. Source: Bitcointv<\/p>\n<p>However, \u201cwhen the China ban happened\u201d and the difficulty adjustment dropped, Yuan made a tricky decision. Do I mine less Bitcoin or turn the swimming pool into a bathtub?<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>When [the] difficulty dropped like a rock, I actually pushed all the ASICs to the limit, which brought the pool temp above 110F, so the kids had to not swim for about month or two. lol. Yes, I had to say &#8220;sorry kids, the pool is too hot, you can&#8217;t swim today\u201d\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The difficulty adjustment has since risen to new highs, and his kids are able to swim again. Plus, Yuan has \u201cmade money\u201d mining and interestingly: \u201cthe best part is the pool acted as a perfect heat buffer.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In fact, using Bitcoin miners to heat his swimming pool is more effective than traditional methods: it keeps \u201ctemperature swings over a 24 hour period down to only 1F to 2F despite ambient temps swinging over 40F on some days.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Yuan&#8217;s pool. Warm water from Bitcoin mining comes through the yellow hose. Source:Bitcointv\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Based in Minnesota, the upper Midwestern United States, Yuan has kept the pool &#8220;toasty&#8221; even in cold temperatures:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">-21F this morning here in Minnesota.  The pool (blue line) is nice and toasty warm at 92F. pic.twitter.com\/eq5b3OLFjV<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coin Heated (@CoinHeated) January 7, 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0Gas heater broke down? I&#8217;ll just heat my caravan with a Bitcoin miner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yuan recommends anyone with a pool to do the same, as it\u2019s the \u201cperfect use case scenario\u201d for waste heat. Now that his home mining setup has gone swimmingly, Yuan is now building a pool-specific tank that will be rated to run pool water through the heat exchanger directly.<\/p>\n<p>ASICs now heat Yuan&#8217;s home, and he has turned a passion project into a profession. His Bitcoin mining company, CoinHeated is \u201cdedicated to turning Bitcoin miner waste heat into productive heat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The plan now is to bring pool heating projects to other homes, and he&#8217;s in conversation with \u201cmanufacturers of heat exchangers that will be able to make something that won&#8217;t corrode with the chemically treated pool water.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the kids are able to enjoy his home swimming pool, warmed courtesy of Proof of Work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s some kiddo&#8217;s enjoying the nice, warm pool.  I don&#8217;t swim in it myself though.  Not really a fan of swimming. pic.twitter.com\/MHRW86D6Me<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coin Heated (@CoinHeated) January 28, 2022<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"bitcoin\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/water-great-idea-bitcoin-mining-heats-this-swimming-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Bitcoiner has &#8220;pooled&#8221; off another mining innovation. The &#8216;waste&#8217; heat generated by mining Bitcoin (BTC) is used to warm his swimming pool.\u00a0 Bitcoin enthusiast Jonathan Yuan had kids who \u201clove swimming, but the year before [he started using waste heat], they barely ever did it because it was always too cold for them.\u201d Fortunately, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3218,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3216\/revisions\/3218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}