Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful The creator of a 3D printer that mines Bitcoin took part in an interview on the Home Mining Podcast over the weekend. Host Two Sats quizzed creator PizzAndy about his adapted 3D printing prototype. In summary, the hybrid device is based on an open-source 3D printer design with a custom bed that is heat-controlled by throttling the Bitcoin mining ASICs attached to it. Yes, the printer bed is basically a heatsink. The compact prototype is capable of a humble 500 GH/s, says PizzAndy, but there are already plans for scaling and a tile-based model using Intel ASICs targeting at least 10 TH/s. How did PizzAndy come up with this interesting blend of 3D printing and Bitcoin mining technology?…