[dazaidesu]

it increases security per unit of energy significantly making the amount of energy needed to secure the network orders of magnitude smaller than bitcoin. its also asic resistant, and having a lower barrier to entry makes it so the people with 0 cost basis just filling up extra space on their drive will outcompete & push out any large data farms increasing decentralization as well.

[AlexandrB]

Does this calculation include the energy needed to manufacture the drives (including all inputs)?