Mining has been around for about ten years, and Wright Wang of MicroBT does not think it has become any easier. At Mining Disrupt Fort Lauderdale, held March 25–27, 2025, Wang, who came up through MicroBT's research and development teams and now leads its sales teams, spoke about how the WhatsMiner maker wants to make mining easier: by building in the US, by working with outside solution providers, and by redesigning its machines for heat reuse and solar power.
Wang opened by noting that mining has become a specialized business. "Right now it's not easy to say that make minings would be a easy things," he said. Even with industry standards in place, he argued, every operator still has to customize for its own site. His advice was to study an idea first, simulate it to see whether it is feasible, build it, verify it against what you wanted, and then use real feedback to improve. MicroBT's core philosophy, he said, is to do everything perfectly.
The End of Standalone Hardware: Why MicroBT Wants to Own Your Whole Solution
The first practical problem he raised was timing: an operator with a plan cannot afford to miss the window to get its miners. Most US customers, he said, prefer machines produced in the US, and MicroBT started US production about three years earlier. Tariffs are the main reason. "Actually right now yes the total tariff would be reached over 40%," Wang said, and he suggested that local production could cut that cost by almost 50%. Building locally also means parts and support arrive faster, and he said MicroBT would expand US capacity to match demand. Over the longer term, he said, localization also brings local labor into production and helps the wider economy, not only mining.
The second theme was an ecosystem of partners. Besides air cooling, MicroBT miners run in immersion and hydro-cooling systems, and Wang said the company's aim is to help customers find high-quality solutions, not just workable ones. MicroBT started an association for that ecosystem about three years ago and has begun a new project inviting solution providers to work with it. The process has two steps: MicroBT provides a materials template that sets out the key requirements, then helps the partner finalize a system that meets its target. Beyond standardization, he said, customization is what gets an operator the best result.
Turning Waste Heat into a Second Revenue Stream
His first example was heat. A miner built only for mining has no reason to push hot air out at high temperature, so MicroBT's first systems offered 150 degrees at the outlet. Solution providers then told the company that reusing the heat mattered to them, both to meet ESG requirements and to earn money from heat recycling. MicroBT moved to 158 degrees Fahrenheit, which Wang called a challenge, and found that at that level customers could heat buildings directly without extra equipment. The next phase is 176 degrees Fahrenheit.
Mining alone, he said, earns nothing beyond the mining itself, while mining with heat recycling can also heat homes and produce a second revenue stream. Citing a table on his slide, he gave figures of $40, or almost $5,000, per day from heat recycling. He pointed to a heat-reuse site in Finland and to other uses such as greenhouses, and said MicroBT would work with operators and their partners to build solutions for each scenario, because no single vendor can supply everything.
The Solar Pivot: Redesigning Miners for Off-Grid Independence
His second example was solar. Cheap power is hard to find, he said, so some miners are considering building their own generation, and solar is a good option. Solar panels produce direct current, so MicroBT redesigned its miners to take DC instead of AC.
"So we need to just redesign our PSU to just dominate or support DC directly," Wang explained. An operator running an off-grid system on its own panels should need few changes to connect to MicroBT's DC systems. The company also helps plan operations: using daily generation data to decide when to charge the batteries, when to mine from the panels, and when to run from the batteries once the sun is gone. The layout has three parts: solar panels, energy storage battery containers, and a customized DC mining system.
And this is not just a workable solutions.
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MicroBT has launched its first DC miners. Wang described the unit: a DC power supply, breakers on top to control the miners, and a maximum power point tracking unit in the middle that balances load between the solar panels and the batteries. The racks can go in an outdoor cabinet or a warehouse, wherever the operator puts its panels.
From Workable to Perfect: The Philosophy of Customized Mining
The thread running through the talk was customization. Standardization and localization matter, Wang said, but the most important thing is customizing for each customer's scenario, with MicroBT and its partners supplying the hardware and the templates. Without that kind of partnership, he argued, it is hard for any operator to find an all-in-one solution from a single vendor, which is why MicroBT asked solution providers, partners and customers to visit its booth, number 393, to talk through their own requirements.
When Wang spoke in March 2025, Bitcoin was trading at $87,393. On October 11, 2026, it was $83,093. The conversation continues at Mining Disrupt 2027, March 22 to 24 in Irving, Texas.
For operators, the message was that MicroBT wants to be a partner in the whole setup, from where a miner is built to how its heat and power are handled, and that it would rather build those setups with third-party providers than sell a single machine.