Looking at the Bitcoin hash rate, it doesn’t look that extreme: <a href="https://www.blockchain.com/charts/hash-rate" rel="nofollow">https://www.blockchain.com/charts/hash-rate</a><p>What am I missing? Even of the whole of Kazakhstan stopped mining, and I hope they do, it wouldn’t kill Bitcoin. The difficulty will adjust but more miners will jump in as the difficulty goes down making it more affordable for others, fueled by greed unfortunately…<p>On another note, I’ve always wondered how so many people are running full nodes, knowing that they’re essentially hosting CP images and why this isn’t being cracked down on: <a href="https://internetofbusiness.com/bitcoin-blockchain-contains-illegal-porn-say-researchers/amp/" rel="nofollow">https://internetofbusiness.com/bitcoin-blockchain-contains-i...</a>