Happy to have contributed to this article by nostr:npub1rr3678k7ajms2sht0cqqeawy86sdd5ahn6akfj8zex9ng82zuh0sz8nywd about pleb mining!
I'd argue that traditional heating methods contribute A LOT more to the climate change argument.
Bitcoin miners can not only serve two but three purposes: Heating, hashing (thus contributing to #bitcoin overall network security) and aligning incentives for better efficiency by paying its owner a portion of that electricity expended. This would only mean that the mining rigs would become more efficient over time, while hashing more and consuming less.
As nostr:npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z said: "the systems that create incentives for wasteful use of power often via subsidies, are what leads to environmental degradation".
