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 being sent to the trash and contributing to environment pollution.After all,everybody wants crypto mining to be clean and safe.
Makes sense, if anyone going to mine btc genuinely with a fully paid electricity with cutting corners, they will most probably run at loss because of the high electricity cost in some countries, using an illegal means to mine btc is definitely a crime that is punishable by the law, government are at the receiving end with their actions because their electricity usage for mining most be running in thousands or millions depending on the countries currency that are unpaid for for, if they are not ready to own up to their responsibilities as miners i guess they left the government no choice than to be hostile.