the two largest bitcoin mining pools in the world - Foundry USA and Antpool - require identity verification on all miners that use them
53% of global bitcoin hash rate has been doxxed between these two pools...
Not really. The shirtcoin is much easier to attack, that's not the way we want to go.
One day you'll understand why #Bitcoin is the way. Good luck on your journey.
Bitcoin is the way.
Nevertheless you have to be honest about problems and good solution by other projects
Centralized kyced mining is a problem (and an attack vector)
P2pool is a solution (with tradeoffs)
Because if you're are registered business making profits and paying taxes, kyc isn't a problem. A half decent accountant will minimize your taxes, and you don't have to sneak around like a low life criminal when everything is above board.
You are calling bitcoin decentralized virtual crypto currency, but obvious problem is seeing that whole mining system is centralized and it critically depends on huge technical things that must be powered by electricity that is centralized system too. Bitcoin is moving into trap. Proof of work consensus is moving into trap. It is bullshit to tell that you can keep on renewables and your own sources, those big ones already have you in trap. Stories about decentralized bitcoin are just fairytales. Col delegated proof of stake consensus into mining pools would represent mamy times more protection for bitcoin than this, those like nodes would be able to run anywhere powered just by sun and 100% protected from censorship.
what are these miners getting in exchange? what's incentivising them not to switch?
There are 2016 blocks every 2 weeks, surely income stability can't be a factor especially if you're a public miner and report quarterly earnings - even if you're a 1% hashrate pool that's about 262 blocks in a Q with reasonable certainty and even a chance of being lucky and getting more.