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  • deafboy@lemmy.worldOPtoBitcoin@lemmy.worldBraiins Mini Miner - BMM 100
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    8 days ago

    consumer space heater

    Love the idea, but I somehow doubt it will happen.

    In the past, the useful lifetime of the asics themselves was the main problem. Each generation made using smaller and smaller manufacturing process. Now that we’re pushing the limits of what’s even possible with EUV, the chips might last longer. However, the supporting infrastructure is still not fit to be operated by just anybody.

    Making the whole system consumer friendly and reliable increases the cost, which puts any user in disadvantage compared to an industrial operation.

    The economy of scale would normally take care of that, but mass adoption of mining heaters would probably make the difficulty shoot through the roof, negating any possible saving on heating, at least compared to other alternatives like heat pumps.

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    say I didn’t want 700 watts, I only wanted 400

    Brains OS can already fine tune individual chips according to your preferences on some bitmain machines.