> I would see your point more clearly if miners really were wasting energy–using energy to calculate hashes that weren't financially valuable–but I don't see th

> I would see your point more clearly if miners really were wasting energy–using energy to calculate hashes that weren't financially valuable–but I don't see that happening right now. For every river you pollute I'll print another $10 bill and hand it to you. Clearly this isn't wasteful because it's financially valuable. /s This logic doesn't hold up to reason.