Users definitely benefited. Right now, a BTC from 48 hours is worth more in total than before.
Why? Because it's not a zero sum game. No voluntary trade is a net-zero sum gain. That is how value is created.
Users definitely benefited. Right now, a BTC from 48 hours is worth more in total than before.
Why? Because it's not a zero sum game. No voluntary trade is a net-zero sum gain. That is how value is created.
Yeah, that's true.
Although in the long run, this feels like a game in which those mining farms that were for a hardfork now have a larger advantage in Bitcoin mining.