> But if high-energy-cryptocurrencies are effectively declared illegal in the U.S This makes sense insofar as easy access to cryptos through players like coinb

> But if high-energy-cryptocurrencies are effectively declared illegal in the U.S This makes sense insofar as easy access to cryptos through players like coinbase, cashapp, or other kyc players disallow US citizens from purchasing pow coins. Anything short of that may turn out like torrents do: where users do it and hope they're not the one the gov makes an example of. It's easy enough to turn on a VPN and then hammer away at any pow coin. If electricity use is an issue, just claim you're training a deep learning model. There's not much any authority could do about it, especially if you have luks or veracrypt guarding your data as one should.