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Bitcoin (BTC) mining generates a lot of waste heat. As energy prices spiral out of control in Europe, miners have come up with creative ways of recycling the heat generated by solving valid Bitcoin blocks.

Whereas a miner isdrying wood from a local timber millin Norway, across the North Sea in the Netherlands, a miner is heating greenhouses to grow produce and bloom Bitcoin flowers.

In a win-win partnership between a Dutch farmer and a Bitcoin miner, Bitcoin Bloem mines Bitcoin and cultivates flowers in greenhouses in the province of North Brabant, southeast of Rotterdam.

It works like this: Bitcoin Bloem mines BTC in the farmers greenhouses and pays the electricity bill; the farmer gets free heat to grow their crops. Consider the Bitcoin flowers that Bitcoin Bloem sells the cream in the coffee to the climate-friendly operation.

Bert de Groot, founder of Bitcoin Bloem, told Cointelegraph that the operation reduces the use of natural gas in the greenhouse growing process, as Bitcoin miner heat replaces polluting gas heaters.

Plus, using BTC miners for heating saves both the farmer and Bitcoin Bloem a pretty penny. For the farmer, miner heat makes sense because natural gas prices have skyrocketed. For Bitcoin Bloem, it gets access to cheaper electricity.

When asked whether the Netherlands could welcome more BTC miners in the future, de Groot said the country could be an optimal location for Bitcoin mining.

Related: Canadian city plans to supply residents heat using Bitcoin mining

He added that the Texas solution would be interesting to roll out in the Netherlands. The Texas solution revolves around load balancing and working in tandem withlocal authorities to regulate power demand.

Currently, the Netherlandsremains a relatively strict European countryabout cryptocurrency activities. However, grassroots movements such as Dominos franchisesoffering salary top-ups in BTCand Dutch football clubssupporting Satoshis invention are building momentum.

The flowers that Bitcoin Bloem sells are appropriately named White Rabbit and Blue Pill. In a jibe at the energy fear, uncertainty and doubt thatis often slung at Bitcoin, the website jokes, We offer you flowers for your Bitcoin because your bitcoin is a waste of energy too.

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Flower powered: Bitcoin miner heats greenhouses in the Netherlands - Cointelegraph