> Mining is an exercise in wastefulness While I don't disagree (I think PoW should be carbon-taxed or fully outlawed), a massive portion of the non-crypto econ

> Mining is an exercise in wastefulness While I don't disagree (I think PoW should be carbon-taxed or fully outlawed), a massive portion of the non-crypto economy is intentional waste for social signaling purposes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good