Nicolas Drouin

Founder of Constellation Heating.
Dedicated to making mining more accessible.
Bitcoin to move humanity forward, mining to reinvent the energy grid.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

I'm happy to present you the latest update for the Constellation Heating 210TH/s #Bitcoin pool heater. Most of the suppliers are secured for production, control software is still in the debugging phase, but it's coming along! The final design & specs will be announced soon. Pre-sale with beta Bitcoiners is also coming soon, DM are open if you're interested.
The mission is to decentralize the network even further and lower the entry barrier to #Bitcoin mining.
#ConstellationHeating #GridHeating

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

I wish all the best to Albertans in their quest for freedom.

[Andy D'Andrea @DandreaAndy]

Canada is being destroyed from within and we keep voting them in !

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@pdmonearth If heat is well distributed, 2 to 3 miners (~12kW) is enough

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@Charles_84_ @MolonLabeVC Yes, we have a v2 almost ready for production

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

Bitcoin is not only software.
Keep building.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

💯

[Karla Treadway | Host Sovereign Sphere Podcast @thesovereignceo]

Canadians like to praise Mark Carney for being the adult in the room - for being competent.

But the question isn't "is he competent" the question is "competent at what?"

While left leaning Canadians praise his resume and tone of voice - I'm looking into what he's actually building.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

Constellation Heaters will get a serious update soon!

First generation heaters will all get a remote firmware update. We are currently planning the deployment phase to our existing customers.

New firmware means more stability, more mining uptime and more efficient monitoring.

This is the last step required before the totally new control software and mobile app are launched. Exciting times for Constellation!

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@tylerpirtz you’re right to correct me, I meant they were very similar accounting and regulatory wise.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

Why Bitcoin will make cost of electricity go DOWN over time?

First, we need to understand how electric utilities generate profits. Because they have monopoly on electricity distribution, utilities are highly regulated entities. Every utility reports to a PUC (public utility commission) or PSC (public service commission). Different names, same concept.

A PUC is a semi-governmental entity that should act neutral amongst the utility and the rate payer (you read that right, you are called a rate payer in their world).

Here’s the interesting part 👉 A UTILITY’S NET PROFIT IS SET IN ADVANCE BY THE PUC!

Again, you read that right. A utility is authorized by the PUC to generate a predetermined Net Income. No other business on earth works that way. A typical P&L is “top down”, meaning you generate sales, substract COGS, SG&A, interest cost and depreciation to get to Net Income.

A Utility’s P&L works the other way around or “bottom up”. You start with Net Profit, and you add up P&L elements to work your way up and determine the amount of Sales you need to generate so that at the end of the year the ALLOWED Net Profit is achieved.

We have only scratched the surface, this is not a documentary so I’ll end it here for now. Next post I’ll write about HOW NET INCOME IS FIXED BY THE REGULATOR.

Follow me if you want to know more about how Bitcoin can solve our energy problems.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

Totally! COOP & munis work exactly the same way, with one caveat. Usually these are the less profitable utilities due to low population density. Accounting wise they work just as Investor Owned Utilities (IOU). Being less profitable, smaller & more agile (not publicly traded), they are prime candidates for Bitcoin!

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@JoeNakamoto Constellation can definitely help if they need a hydronic system. They can contact me or visit https://t.co/nJubpogUFj

[Toine @TronMonGone]

Hey heatpunks and aspiring heatpunks, I'm happy to announce the launch of my 3D printed components store: https://t.co/IKbaadRwsp

I've has many requests for components from my hashrate heating products/systems. My business was not set-up as a parts supplier so I had to decline many of these potential sales and, even worse, had to pass on helping a fellow bitcoiner/miner/heatpunk. I now offer every part I use in my designs to the public.

Turn your S19 or S21 series Antminer into a quiet heater that filters the air while it heats your home - and pays you in bitcoin.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@bitcoinplumber @MattCutler21 One hydronic system at a time! People like you help create this new industry 💪

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@MattCutler21 couldn’t be more right. Integrating Bitcoin into homes through heating is the Trojan horse to wider adoption and better regulation. With such a tangible use case, it forces skeptics and regulators to think twice.

BUT WAIT…

My thesis goes beyond that. In the long run, hashrate heating will LOWER THE ELECTRICITY COST for everyone living in a jurisdiction where Bitcoin’s integration with the grid is made possible.

How regulator can be opposed to that proposition? Follow me if you want to step into this rabbit hole.

[Matt Cutler @MattCutler21]

This house and hot tub are heated by bitcoin miners.

Electricity turned into heat AND money.

It's a no brainer, but what few realize is it's also the ultimate trojan horse to secure bitcoin's future 💡

Let me explain.

Mining is a cutthroat industry with slim margins and home mining is no different.

In most cases, it makes no economical sense to mine at home.

But it does make sense to heat your home, and bitcoin miners are great heaters 🔥

It's infrastructure. It's utility.

And once it's in your home, hashrate is being decentralized.

When hundreds of millions of homes & businesses around the world are using hashrate heating

Then the network becomes much more secure and decentralized.

And any govt intervention (look up Executive Order 6102) becomes a lot more difficult to pull off.

Try outlawing bitcoin and telling people they can't heat their homes. See how that goes.

Try taking our hot tubs.
You can't take our hot tubs!

These dual-purpose mining and heating use cases are the Trojan horse that makes Bitcoin even more unstoppable.

Thoughts?

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

Heatpunk movement is going through tough times right now with hash price being so low. I don’t care about the fud.

Here at the 2026 heatpunk summit we’re having a blast. No better place to have close access to manufacturers, contractors, investors and innovators. Thanks @SpaceDenver for putting up such a great event 🔥

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@InterestingSTEM 50

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@nickfost_ Sent you a dm

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@BTCLobbyist @0xDigit23 💯 most of our customers have very cheap rates or plenty of solar. It’s a very good way to DCA by having real life application.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

This is a missed opportunity to heat with Bitcoin!

[NRM84 @Mappy6984]

Definitely fuck you money

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@0xDigit23 We heat driveways, houses, garage & pools.

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

@0xDigit23 It’s possible NOW!!

[Nicolas Drouin @BTC_Grid]

We just installed 2x 12kW heaters of Bitcoin heating in Idaho! Pretty impressive project. One heater is fully dedicated to snow melting in winter and pool heating in summer. The snow melting slab is ~1500sqft. We started it yesterday, it was 34f during daytime and pretty cold at night. This morning the slab is at 36f and the snow has started melting.