agree

Block producers. Or, if we want to get fancy: chronologers.

Google and Facebook have massive data centers that draw tremendous energy for the purpose of privatizing and leveraging your personal information for profit.

Bitcoin miners have massive data centers that draw tremendous energy for the purpose of liberating populations from oppressive governments, economies, and banks.

The former get the bailouts, government contracts, and tax rebates using public funds. Corporations rule the world.

Yes, semantics matter (for now). Data centers might be good optics, but doesn't exactly match the work. The term mining also seems to confuse newcomers.

More and more we aren't mining new BTC, but processing transactions for fees. The name should naturally shift as this trend increases.

Energy storage, security center, protocol security, blockchain processing.

I'll let greater minds than mine land on the name.