The author of your paper appears to be attacking another author and yet has nothing to back up their claims other than "Trust me I'm an expert and I know a guy in Hong Kong who tells me what's happening in China!"

The argument summary of your article is hand waving, claims that the sum usage of software designed to be increasingly energy wasteful (Satoshi's random nonce lottery as a means of increasing CAPEX and decreasing production output)

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