Is there a legitimate motive for outright destroying mining units. Rather than auctioning or selling them. Aside from politics?
People in my country are literally stealing electricity in order to mine cryptocurrencies.
I guess that's why some governments are hostile towards cryptocurrency mining and the mining hardware.
It's better to destroy that mining hardware,instead of selling it to people,that might start stealing electricity again and mine crypto.This is the way of thinking of all the government clerks and officials.
Destroying mining equipment isn't a big deal.I hope that the equipment gets recycled,instead of just sending it to the trash and polluting the environment.After all,everybody wants crypto mining to be clean and safe.