“Judge Reed O’Connor rejected MARA Holdings’ request in the federal Northern District of Texas for a temporary restraining order on an election for Mitchell Bend to incorporate as Texas’ newest city and regulate the company’s nearby Bitcoin mine… The Bitcoin mine, which MARA has owned for almost two years, has been a source of noise pollution that residents say has been the cause of a range of health issues including lack of sleep, vertigo, nausea and motion sickness.”
Many mines are destructive. But most at least dig up something physical. Bitcoin mining is just pointless busy work to prove you did the most pointless busy work in order to get awarded the bitcoin. There’s nothing of actual value whatsoever.