I agree, and sadly they're unlikely to change. However, Ethereum has about as much usage (though lower market cap), has proof-of-stake running with 100K nodes a

I agree, and sadly they're unlikely to change. However, Ethereum has about as much usage (though lower market cap), has proof-of-stake running with 100K nodes and $5 billion staked, and plans to migrate the rest of the network and eliminate mining within a year or so.