[destructaball]

I used to know a fairly small miner, ~$2,000 a month turnover, who managed to rig his ASIC up to his heat pump in such a way that is heated his house and cooled the card. He lived in a fairly big house and it was always toasty even in the middle of winter.

It might still make sense for some people even when the margins are small

[hurin]

Oh I'm sure it might make sense even for a big operation, if there are special conditions or clever tricks that allow for cheap electricity and/or tax breaks. All I was saying is that in and of-itself mining was not a profitable strategy once it became large-scale.

[juliangregorian]

So he was successfully mining several bitcoins a month with 1 ASIC? What year was this?

[destructaball]

It was last year, to be honest I'm not too sure of his setup. All I know is he set up the exhaust to heat his house