Only indirectly because you are learning about mining. Unless you’re attached to a pool then the hash evaporates. Still, the knowledge is worthwhile.
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If all the large minors evaporated the network would be secured by the node runners and the solo minors would take the hash.
The point I see is that the Bitcoin network will live on and organically spread.
The more it’s spread out the healthier the network becomes imo
nah man, solutions are solutions, one CAN have one just one is UNLIKELY to get one
but as we have amply seen, some HAVE got one, so it's post facto, in other words, yes, you are helping the network be more secure, even if it's equal to taking a piss one time under a tree at a community orange grove