US 11,953,959 B1
Hybrid apparatuses for mining cryptocurrency and methods of operating the same
Joel Landry, Grand Lake (CA); Christopher Wayne Searle, Labrador City (CA); Robert Walter Burton, Labrador City (CA); and Curtis John Doran, Labrador City (CA)
Assigned to Hestia Heating Incorporated, Labrador City (CA)
Filed by Hestia Heating Incorporated, Labrador City (CA)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,797.
Application 18/446,797 is a continuation of application No. 18/446,714, filed on Aug. 9, 2023.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/206 (2013.01) [G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); H05K 7/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cryptocurrency mining furnace comprising:
an electric power input;
a cryptocurrency miner electrically connected to the electric power input, the cryptocurrency miner having multiple cryptocurrency mining computers including at least a first mining computer and a second mining computer, each mining computer having an adjustable intensity level; and
a power coordinator configured to:
receive a target furnace heating level, and
direct the cryptocurrency miner to continue mining cryptocurrency using each of the cryptocurrency mining computers by adjusting the intensity level of each of the mining computers such that the cryptocurrency mining furnace operates at no higher than the target furnace heating level,
wherein said adjusting the intensity level of each of the cryptocurrency mining computers comprises adjusting at least one of an operating frequency and voltage of each of the cryptocurrency mining computers, and
wherein said adjusting the intensity level comprises:
adjusting the intensity level of the first mining computer to a first intensity level, and
adjusting the intensity level of the second mining computer to a second intensity level different from the first intensity level.