For a period of record low inflation excluding 2021 and the current year? Sure. During 2021 and 2022? Only price falls for Bitcoin.

> Most miners are running on stranded, excess renewable energy that can't be used for anything else.

Bullshit. There is opportunity cost to this electricity use, and it keeps fossil fuel power plants open longer than they would have otherwise been. I don't think you need me to tell you how big of a crisis climate change is.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/bitcoin-miners-align-...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-miners-are-giving-new-l...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/18/bitcoin-m...

https://hbr.org/2021/05/how-much-energy-does-bitcoin-actuall...

https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/05/04/cryptocurrency-...

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/bitcoins-puzzle-...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/bitcoin-is-re...

Sounds like you have a problem with fossil fuels and the subsidies that exist for them. I suggest you direct your anger there instead of trying to police what calculations people choose to do.