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How to Run 120-volt devices at Higher than 20 amps?

I am quite electrically literate, but this one has me stumped!  I have double-00 8-strand wire running from my main panel to this very serious sub-panel.  My Spa is connected via this sub-panel, but it only consumes (when it is turned on) a maximum of 50-amps, and frankly, I don't use it that often.

This leaves me 150+ amps of current being delivered to my Crypto-Mining operation. Here is my draw back:  ALL of my rigs use 120-volts just fine and the newer hardware is requiring an even larger amount of power.  SO, what is to keeping me from "tapping off" this massive Master power line a larger number of times?  I LOVE my house, so "slow burns" is simple not acceptable.

Does ANYONE make a 120-volt, higher amperage outlet?  One that will carry the load quite adequately??  Perhaps 30 or 40 amps at a time?
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IEC309 go up to 100A, https://www.stayonline.com/reference-iec309-north-american.aspx

BTW, Your PSUs may be more efficient at higher voltage which you can generate by using two phases to give 208v.
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THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN ON THIS ISSUE.  I'm already running from a sub-panel, so the thing that is so difficult is how to add a second panel that will hold more breakers in the limited space that I have.  BASED ON YOUR INPUT, THOUGH, I have decided that the second sub-panel is a must.  Thankfully the first sub-panel is supplied power with 00 wire!
I hope you remember to pay tax on your earnings, here you can take up to £11,000 per year capital gains tax free but you can't hodl onto the coins for a few years and then sell lots at once without the revenue hitting you hard. Can't hide it from them because of the huge electric bill although I suppose you could say you were growing pot instead.