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DESCRIPTION:Bitcoin mining in the UK sounds like a terrible idea: expensive
  electricity\, specialist hardware and heat you need to get rid of. But wh
 at if that heat was the point?\n\nIn this talk\, Robin Smith shares the st
 ory behind Heat21 Ltd\, the company he co-founded with Pavel\, and turning
  his own home into a working prototype. By capturing heat from mining hard
 ware\, storing it in a water tank and using it for radiators and hot water
 \, the same electricity can support the Bitcoin network and warm a buildin
 g.\n\nRobin explores how cheaper electricity periods\, thermal storage and
  mining income change the economics of electric heating\, particularly whe
 re a heat pump may be difficult to install. Expect practical engineering\,
  lessons from the build and an honest look at the limitations of an emergi
 ng technology.\n\nHeat is the product. Bitcoin is the byproduct.\n\nCould 
 your boiler become part of the Bitcoin network one day?
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LOCATION:Momentum - Hack Zone Stage
SUMMARY:Heat21: What If Your Boiler Mined Bitcoin? - Robin Smith
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/VDVBYG/
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