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Or things like aluminium smelting/electrolysis.
On crypto, if it's green energy and there is enough of it, what's wrong? (It's not great, and a waste of hardware, but not as awful)
The opportunity cost.
True
It's a waste of hardware, and a waste of energy that could be doing something useful.