> they typically steal electricity or mine on malware-infected computers.

Amazing. I'd call that proof-of-crime. Decentralization incentivized by police arresting the biggest miners.

I'm don't think that's a good optics on Monero though.

Monero miners do not use solar power, they typically steal electricity or mine on malware-infected computers.

But if they were so inclined to change the energy usage, they could simply mine at a lower frequency or scale down the clock rate of the CPU.

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Monero miners do not use solar power, they typically steal electricity or mine on malware-infected computers.

But if they were so inclined to change the energy usage, they could simply mine at a lower frequency or scale down the clock rate of the CPU.