This article is from March, 2025, but it's an excellent distinction that wasn't clear in my own mind till I read this.
it is a grave mistake to say that a massive mine performing a massive amount of work, contributes massively to the Bitcoin network.
There is no reward for doing work in Bitcoin mining. There is only reward for showing the network your valid proof-of-work.
OP_RETURNnewsletter. He doesn't discriminate against slop as much as I'd like, but it's more mining and energy focused, it's daily, and there's usually something I missed in it.