Bitcoin Heated Hot Tubs and 278 Washington Bitcoin Merchants : Now Accepting Bitcoin

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Bitcoin Heated Hot Tubs and 278 Washington Bitcoin Merchants : Now Accepting Bitcoin

Washington Bitcoin merchant list has 278 businesses, from coffee shops and salons to a hot tub maker that heats its tubs with bitcoin mining. The list spans 94 named cities, and Seattle leads the way with 46 listings. First up is a homegrown US manufacturing business from Washington that makes a super unique product.

Snorkel: A Hot Tub Maker That Heats With Bitcoin

Snorkel has been making hot tubs in the Pacific Northwest since 1979, and its wood-stove business dates to the late 1970s. What makes them special is their full cedar tubs, and the wood stove which is fully submerged into the water of the cedar hot tub and has the “snorkel” coming out of the water. This is very convenient for anyone who has no electrical hook up.

It started with a bet in 2025. Michael Diederich, the owner, began accepting bitcoin for hot tubs after a wager with his brother. Payments were slow to trickle in at first, but bitcoiners kept asking him to build a hot tub powered by bitcoin miners. He started building one, pairing the tub with miners that heat the water. Snorkel works with Dane Soja of Hashrate House on the build.

The prototype with two S19J Pro miners drawing about 8 kW, which it says heated a tub from cold to 104°F (40°C) in under four hours. The project won an innovation award at the Heat Punk Summit in Denver, and a Snorkel tub is on display in Denver. Diederich sees a future where every electric hot tub is heated by miners, because the mining income helps pay back the cost of energy that would otherwise be wasted as heat.

The Rose Gift House and Coffee, Renton

The Rose sits at 226 Main Ave S in downtown Renton, in the Old Renton Pub building. Owner Katie Newman opened it in October 2020 as a gift shop that happened to serve coffee, and the coffee side grew into the larger part of the business. The shop stocks locally roasted coffee, handpicked artisan goods, and grab-and-go food. It won Best Customer Service in the 2025 Best of Renton readers’ poll.

Overcast Coffee, Seattle

Overcast Coffee is on Capitol Hill, and it started as a walk-up counter at 312 15th Ave E beside Kaiser Permanente. Owner Jonathan Pak opened the first shop there in June 2020. A second location, at 1517 12th Ave inside the Metier bike complex, came later, and the company buys its coffee and ingredients from small, local Seattle businesses.

Washington Bitcoin Merchant Directory

These 278 businesses come from the BTC Map survey of Washington. BTC Map is community-maintained, please write BTC Map and our series vagabond@b.tc if you’d like to see an update.

Coffee, Bakery & Sweets (42)

Restaurants & Fast Food (44)

Bars, Breweries & Wine (11)

Groceries & Food Shops (12)

Beauty & Wellness (46)

Auto & Transport (22)

Retail, Shopping & Entertainment (31)

Health, Services & Professional (50)

Other (20)

This post Bitcoin Heated Hot Tubs and 278 Washington Bitcoin Merchants : Now Accepting Bitcoin first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Vagabond.

 

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