French startup Qarnot created a new heater that is designed to mine cryptocurrency. The "Crypto-Heater or QC1" is a heater for your home that features a passive computer inside. It is equipped with two AMD GPUs (Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX580 8GB). You can set it up in a few minutes by plugging it into your modem and entering your Ethereum address into the mobile app.
For the colder months, the QC-1’s heat can be adjusted to higher levels than the GPUs produce.
Each QC-1 produces 60 MH/s of hashrate, and the device costs $3,570 USD per unit. If orders are placed before March 20, the first batches of QC-1s will be delivered by June 20. Based on the current specs of the QC-1 and ethereum’s current spot market value, including mining difficulty alongside the price of electricity, the device should produce $120 USD in ETH every month.
I have been mining myself for over a year now and when I am running more than 3 rigs at once it can get really really hot. I have always been trying to think of ways to innovate and use the heat to warm up my house in the winter. Unfortunately I have never really been able to make it work properly but this concept is definitely going to be huge in the future. Why pay to heat your house when you can have your heater pay you?
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