I agree with your take. I think it’s something that should be promoted more. What exactly are the costs of running a miner? Other than electricity and internet access? Do those things use that much power if it’s just a single miner running?

Or are you more-so referring to the actual up front cost of buying the miner? I wonder if a single miner would need to be upgraded everytime a newer model is released for it to still benefit the network? Or would a million miners that are a few generation old still have the same effect on decentralization as a million brand new, current generation of miners?

Interesting links. Was not aware of all of this. So it’s essentially impossible for a 51% attack to happen at this point?

I’m just curious. Would it help the network if say, 1,000,000 people each ran one miner, even if it wasn’t profitable. But it would further decentralize the network and make a 51% attack more difficult?

If so, why hasn’t there been a bigger push in the community to make this happen?

Thanks