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Re:Tesla Virtual Power Plant by thehappypm on Thursday August 18, 2022 @12:01AM (#32505108)
Idea: sell space heaters that secretly are bitcoin mining rigs.
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Re:Tesla Virtual Power Plant by Nition on Thursday August 18, 2022 @04:35AM (#32506880)
Funnily enough it's been done:

https://heatbit.com

https://bitcoinminingheater.com

If only we could have the heater PCs do something actually useful.

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Re:Tesla Virtual Power Plant by danw1979 on Thursday August 18, 2022 @06:06AM (#32507440)
Imagine showing this real product to yourself 15 years ago.
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Re:Tesla Virtual Power Plant by thehappypm on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:41AM (#32510336)
And imagine actually using one of these. Space heaters are one of the leading causes of fires, these ones seem like they have much greater fire risk since the Bitcoin stuff adds complexity that regular space heaters dont have.
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