Bitcoin mining in a university dorm: A cooler BTC story

The humble university dorm is a place for students taking their undergraduate degrees to study, rest, make new friends, host wild dorm parties and, of course, mine Bitcoin (

Indeed, tapping into Bitcoin miner waste heat is a growing trend, particularly prevalent for at-home or “chicken shack miners,” as they’re known. BTC Gandalf from the Braiins marketing team told Cointelegraph: 

“Chicken shack” miners are the backbone of the Bitcoin network hash rate. It’s incredible to see all the different ways they come up with to mine. They provide an invaluable service in keeping hash rate decentralized.”

Armed with oodles of Bitcoin knowledge, Blake has since tried to orange pill his classmates and even professors. Unfortunately, some of them hold the belief that “Bitcoin is a scam.” He has taken it upon himself to set the record straight: 

“I’m emailing those teachers being like, Hey, office hours, when are they? Let’s have a chat. You can’t just come out and say Bitcoin is a scam with a Bitcoiner in the room.”

In the meantime, the S9 is whirring away in his dorm room, contributing to a network Blake strongly supports and generating 100% “free money.“

Well, “Other than the $30,000-a-year tuition I pay, but it’s 100% free electricity,” he joked.