I don’t know if it’s your English, but you just said you agreed that crypto mining is an offender on the level of other forms of mining.
> Why? You can get pretty bad pictures of eg factory farming, too; still that doesn't mean people will stop eating factory farmed meat.
Except there are people who stop eating meat, reduce their intake, and there are advances in meat alternatives in the market. This is whataboutism 101. It’s quite frankly ignorant.
> The pdf you linked says nothing about double spending.
The PDF I linked is about bitcoin mining collusion, one of bitcoin’s flaws. If you knew anything about collusion and the consequences of a potential 51% attack, double spending is one of the central topics.
Your entire post sounds like paid misinformation.