Canaan Launches Dual-Purpose Bitcoin Mining Device That Heats Homes

Bitcoin ASIC producer Canaan introduced the launch of its newest merchandise, the Avalon Mini 3 and Nano 3S, at CES 2025 in Las Vegas.

These Bitcoin mining units goal to simplify cryptocurrency mining for people whereas incorporating distinctive dual-purpose performance.

In keeping with the official press release, the Avalon Mini 3 combines high-performance Bitcoin mining with house heating, boasting a hash charge of 37.5Th/s and a user-friendly app-controlled interface.

In the meantime, the Avalon Nano 3S is an upgraded model of the favored Nano 3 which includes a hash charge of 6Th/s and is being marketed as a beginner-friendly entry level into Bitcoin mining.

Key benefits of the merchandise embrace a plug-and-play setup for ease of use and a give attention to vitality effectivity. The Avalon Mini 3 addresses environmental issues by recycling computational vitality into house heating, permitting customers to offset vitality prices whereas minimizing waste. Canaan CEO NG Zhang spoke concerning the firm’s imaginative and prescient of mixing practicality with sustainability and added,

“The Avalon Mini 3 and Avalon 3S signify our imaginative and prescient of user-friendly, sensible mining options for the fashionable particular person. We’re reimagining how expertise can create worth whereas minimizing environmental waste. The Avalon Mini 3’s capacity to generate cryptocurrency whereas heating your property is an ideal instance of our imaginative and prescient for sustainable, multi-purpose expertise.”​​​​​​​

Reworking cryptocurrency mining rigs into family units is just not a brand new idea. Again in 2017, Avi Aisenberg, who operated South Florida Distillers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, created a heating system that used ASIC miners to mine crypto whereas accelerating the rum-distillation course of. In 2018, the French start-up Qarnot launched the QC-1, a heater designed particularly for cryptocurrency mining.

Extra not too long ago, corporations like Heatbit and D-Central have entered the market with merchandise that mix heating capabilities with crypto mining.