{"id":1996,"date":"2026-04-07T09:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:10:47","slug":"boiling-water-with-cpu-while-mining-monero-%f0%9f%92%bb%f0%9f%94%a5-i5-experiment-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"Boiling Water with CPU While Mining Monero! \ud83d\udcbb\ud83d\udd25 i5 Experiment #3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boiling Water with CPU While Mining Monero! \ud83d\udcbb\ud83d\udd25 i5 Experiment #3\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MN3zLyJ_MtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the <strong>third and final video<\/strong> from my CPU water boiling series \u2014 yes, I\u2019m using a CPU <strong>while mining Monero<\/strong> to try and heat water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Experiment Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CPU: Intel i5-3xxx generation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water: ~72\u00b0C after 1h30m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paper cups used for insulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full CPU load with Monero mining<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> Purely for fun. Don\u2019t try this at home unless you want a very hot CPU\u2026 and maybe a fire hazard. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-03a516768e5d2dddc957eaf4742109ed\">If you enjoy tech experiments, CPU madness, and ridiculous challenges, <strong>subscribe<\/strong> and hit the bell \ud83d\udd14 for more crazy ideas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the third and final video from my CPU water boiling series \u2014 yes, I\u2019m using a CPU while mining Monero to try and heat water. \ud83d\udca1 Experiment Details:. <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/?p=1996\">read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[1046,1037,1043,1049,1052,1036,1041,1054,1040,1039,1051,1038,1044,1047,1042,1045,1053,1048,1050],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monero","tag-computer-science-fun","tag-cpu-experiment","tag-cpu-overheating","tag-cpu-stress-test","tag-cpu-tea-experiment","tag-cpu-water-boiling","tag-diy-tech-project","tag-fun-tech-projects","tag-geek-experiment","tag-i5-cpu-experiment","tag-mining-crypto","tag-mining-monero","tag-overclocking-experiment","tag-paper-cup-insulation","tag-slow-cooking-with-cpu","tag-tech-challenges","tag-tech-experiments","tag-timelapse-experiment","tag-unusual-experiments"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2011,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions\/2011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}