Elon Musk proposed an innovative concept of integrating internet connectivity, space heaters, and cryptocurrency mining nodes during a Bitcoin-focused online seminar on July 22, 2021. This idea would allow users to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Dogecoin while heating their homes. Musk highlighted the trend towards high-bandwidth, low-latency home networks, driven by technologies like Starlink, which could support decentralized mining systems even as blockchain scales.