That’s not true — scale can kill you in bitcoin mining. There are not many “pockets” of free energy that are 1 GW … someone who heats their home in Alaska might outcompete Riot on a profitability standpoint.
Capital grows. So starting with capital is better than not starting with capital. But that’s just a fact of private property, there will never be a “fair” allocation of capital that doesn’t benefit incumbents.
But bitcoin mining is as ruthlessly competitive of a business as there is. Negative returns on capital compound, too.
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