> If miners stop mining for any reason bitcoins are worthless That's like saying "if your heart stops beating for any reason you're dead". True, but meaningles

> If miners stop mining for any reason bitcoins are worthless That's like saying "if your heart stops beating for any reason you're dead". True, but meaningless. Miners mine while bitcoins have value, and bitcoins have value while miners mine. In fact bitcoins had zero value when they were first created, and yet someone still mined them.