Miners and the physical power they project is by far the most important and remarkable part of the protocol.
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POW is a remarkable and important part of #Bitcoin. But it's far from the most important part. Or the most remarkable part.
The most remarkable part is the trust minimize P2P transaction protocol. You could abandon POW and it would still be Bitcoin. Not wise.
But it's not Bitcoin without the P2P protocol that's supported and validated by the virtuous fullnodes and Bitcoin loyalist. They ARE! #Bitcoin..🧡😊🚀♾️🗽
You could not abandon POW and still be Bitcoin. Without POW Bitcoin is a meaningless shitcoin fiat scam. I wanna make some really inflammatory comments but I'll refrain.