The energy waste of Bitcoin isn't a function of its decentralized nature, it's evidence that the decentralized nature is being subverted. A truly decentralized

The energy waste of Bitcoin isn't a function of its decentralized nature, it's evidence that the decentralized nature is being subverted. A truly decentralized Bitcoin wouldn't have giant mining rigs that have to figure out what to do with all the waste heat, it'd be using spare CPU cycles that everyone has and the energy impact would be minimal. The energy waste comes from people using ASICs devoted to nothing but Bitcoin mining. And those same people, according to the article being discussed, are using their outsized impact to help steer the direction Bitcoin is headed in to the detriment of the majority of Bitcoin users. Bitcoin's ethos of "one CPU, one vote" was subverted as soon as people using dedicated Bitcoin mining hardware could have more votes than all the CPUs in the ecosystem put together.