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Heatbit's $899 Water Heater Element Mines Bitcoin While It Heats Your Tank
What Decrypt reports, why it matters and what remains unconfirmed.
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- Single attributed publisher report
What Decrypt reports
The Bitwater element swaps a tank's resistance wire for 20 mining chips, and Heatbit says it uses the same electricity to heat the water.
The immediate significance
The publisher summary states the development but does not provide enough matched evidence for a broader impact judgment. That assessment remains open.
What remains unknown
- No matched primary document independently supporting the central claim is linked to this page.
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