This ^ is worth a watch if you want to see what 'the other side' is thinking. Some familiar faces among the attendees — Coin Desk and FTX man included. Anyway, this part just after the 33 minute mark —
"I do wonder why there isn't more skepticism about proof of work. Bitcoin has around 1.2 million daily active wallets. What are those wallets doing? They're mostly a store of value. My question is, are we thinking about the opportunity cost? We could probably solve cancer four times over with that amount of computing."
lol