[mempko]

Yet the Producer of Waste here is coinbase no?

[burlesona]

Not Coinbase, the miners. The arms race dynamic makes electricity cost the only real limit on mining, and unfortunately the more a single BTC is worth the more kWh you can profitably burn to mine one.

[px43]

It's not the miners, it's the power companies.

Power companies have been burning shitty fuel to save money forever, and it's astounding that they've managed to shift the blame to consumers.