IMO, the computational complexity of sha256 is the root of the problem, and nothing is going to change the advantage that fiat and government supported (covert) funding can exploit this. really, they just need to attract foreign investors to set up in USA, tax breaks on fuel and freedom to exploit stranded energy, and then declare that it's a matter of national security.

china and russia are tolerating bitcoin but unless they do the same, very quickly it's going to be BitUSD 2.0 CDBC