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Understanding #Bitcoin mining was one of the first things that made me really grasp what an insane and brilliant system Bitcoin truly was... If you still think it's just some gamified ponzi scheme, I urge you to take a few minutes and watch this 👇

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Yes, but then there's also the problem of mining centralization. Which is an issue. Mining pools can centralize control, effectively becoming keys to writing on the Bitcoin chain. I do think the current market dynamics, i.e West vs East, will allow Bitcoin to remain decentralized and also mining software like Datum/Stratum V2 will help immensely, but this is an and will always be an issue. In other words, there's details that are fundamental to truly understand if one is to dive unto Bitcoin. This post by @Luke Dashjr explain it very well: and