Washington state has 278 merchants accepting bitcoin across 94 cities, with Seattle leading the way with 46 listed businesses. Snorkel, a manufacturer established in the Pacific Northwest since 1979, produces cedar hot tubs heated by bitcoin miners. Its prototype, fitted with two S19J Pro miners consuming about 8 kW, heated the water from 10 to 40 °C in under four hours. The innovation, developed with Hashrate House, received an award at the Heat Punk Summit in Denver and aims to turn the heat generated by mining into domestic heating. The directory provided by BTC Map includes 42 coffee shops, bakeries and sweet shops, 44 restaurants, 46 beauty and wellness businesses, and automotive, retail and health service providers.
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