"nope": as in the white paper is incorrect? ... how do you interpret the white paper? it's coded.

mining gold ends in a solid object you possess; data mining is combing for digital stake (because it's not yours unless you produced it - if it was, validator networks wouldn't exist)in data which is not yours - unless of course you restrict your mining to just your data alone...

i thought the entire purpose of an open source bitcoin community was to discuss and explore, and to maximize the rate of exchange of information? that is the point of bitcoin, isn't it? the exchange of data/information as a form of value? the more we discuss - the more "money" you get?

it's just a conversation.