> But bitcoin is a waste of resources by design. The whole point is to waste resources. The miners run POW (i.e. waste resources), and requires specialist hard

> But bitcoin is a waste of resources by design. The whole point is to waste resources. The miners run POW (i.e. waste resources), and requires specialist hardware (ASICs). Validating blocks is done by "nodes" and is within the capabilities of typical consumer hardware. Both operations serve different purposes in securing the network.