I didn't mention "difficulty." I should never have commented on a Bitcoin post. Discussions about Bitcoin always land up exactly the same way. It's impossible to have sensible discussion about it.
> Only for people who don't understand the design.
Personal attacks all the way because your pet golden hammer was attacked. Always the same result.
Personal attacks all the way because your pet golden hammer was attacked
Neither is Bitcoin my pet golden hammer (I don't even know that metaphor), nor is my statement a personal attack.
It's merely pointing out that your claim is so fundamentally wrong that you can't have a good understanding of the design.
If you don't want to learn the protocol then maybe think about it this way: Energy consumption is not an exponential factor in bitcoin simply because miners have to pay for their energy, too. And the number of miners does not grow exponentially.
... and exponentially worse as time goes on (by design).