June 21 (Cointime) - Bathouse, a New York City bathhouse and spa, has caused controversy by revealing their small-scale bitcoin mining operation that heats their pools. The company, located in Brooklyn, accepts Bitcoin payments and operates on a Bitcoin Standard. The heat generated by their mining process heats their pools, with the water returning later in the process to cool the hardware. Bathouse claims that their unique heating process could be implemented in other building solutions for creating heat and domestic hot water. However, the post has received mixed reactions, with some expressing concerns about transparency and the ethics of bitcoin mining.