the sanctity of your back yard is MAINTAINED by the state. if you don't understand that then you've got a long way to go.

premitive1

USA could carpet bomb every known bitcoin mining company on earth and we'd continue hashing blocks.

skreep_

i don't need a miner to run a node. have you put in 100 hours yet? you're making pretty unreasonable arguments.

bitcoin

Let's hear your controversial Bitcoin take. I'll go first:

birdeye21

if the vaults stop working, that doesn't destroy YOUR gold buried in the back yard. On the contrary. While the miners protect your stacked away, airgapped bitcoin all the time. without miners.. you have a string of code on a stick.