Visa and Paypal's energy use to secure their transaction records and assets from cyberattack is included in their much smaller energy use though; the fact they

Visa and Paypal's energy use to secure their transaction records and assets from cyberattack is included in their much smaller energy use though; the fact they do so in a more energy efficient manner doesn't make the comparison unfair. Bitcoin's energy use contributes no more towards preventing armed antagonists destroying or seizing assets, harming their economic value by destroying the underlying economy or compromising the network by seizing ASIC farms than Visa's. Bitcoiners outsource that bit to governments too.