Bitcoin is not against governments, governments themselves see it as a threat to their power and they are always looking for ways to eliminate it. I do not deny that bitcoin mining consumes energy and contributes to environmental pollution, but tell me, is there any industry in the world that doesn't consume energy and emit waste, heavy industries, metallurgical industry, manufacturing...Even if you use your computer for work, your phone consumes energy every day. The use of energy is inevitable, as long as it creates value, benefits for the economy, there is nothing wrong.
And that waste is going to be limited too soon. They are already shutting down some advertisement light boards at night in here. Problem here is that PoW could be pointless way to prove anything after PoS takes over the markets.
If there would be a solution to make some real life industry that consumes ton of energy (let's say aeroplanes) to consume only fraction of that energy, it would be soon mandatory to use that solution.
About bitcoin being threat to governments... Not as big of a threat people think. They can easily shut down all cex:es trying to use it if they would want. P2P trading against fiat money after that would be a fraction of the volume. Era of using pseudonymous accounts to shield against regulators is over.
This is what's happening next ->
https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1569973440496410625
