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 Here's a conversation from daughter and 3 of her friends that came inside the house to warm up for a few minutes while trick-or-treating.

Daughter: Dad we're going to just warm up inside for a few minutes. It's really cold outside. My hands are like ice.

Me: Sure honey. You're also wearing a dress and it's freezing outside. You're going to freeze.

Daughter: Oh hey! We can just put our hands in front of of the miner to warm up fast!

Friend 1: What's a miner?

Daughter: It mines bitcoin and puts off a lot of heat.

Friend 2: What's bitcoin?

Daughter: It's a peer to peer digital money.

Me: *walks away with tears of joy*

Friend ?: Oh...okay...