{
  "id": 16180926,
  "title": "Heatbit's $899 Water Heater Element Mines Bitcoin While It Heats Your Tank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/heatbits-899-water-heater-element-mines-bitcoin-while-it-heats-your",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T10:54:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/381665/heatbits-899-water-heater-element-mines-bitcoin-while-it-heats-your-tank"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}