I'm sorry but this post is highly biased and serves as gaslighting in its own way, just for a different crowd. I don't know if it's deliberate or not, but it's

I'm sorry but this post is highly biased and serves as gaslighting in its own way, just for a different crowd. I don't know if it's deliberate or not, but it's very telling that it's on HN frontpage. There's no mention of: - The lightning network (bitcoin-native layer 2 enabling near-instant transaction speed) - Role of mining in grid stabilisation, methane reduction, etc. - How mining hardware is actually used by miners when cost of energy is nearly free. - Bitcoin's difficulty adjustment algorithm - Protocols like Cashu (Chaumian Cash based on Bitcoin) And one last thing. Mixing in a big bag "crypto" and "bitcoin" is in itself just a very bad take. sigh. As a side note, I highly recommend Lyn Alden's book Broken Money.