"Think of mining as processing Bitcoin transactions (like verification) on thousands and thousands of distributed ledgers while sharing in a limited number of reward points (i.e., Bitcoins) for doing so."
When I go to buy a chicken, I do not think in terms of a verified, processed transaction that is part of thousands and thousands of shared reward points.
When I go to work, I do not think in terms of my labor is a nanoparticle of a universal erwector set ...
All I do is trade ... and I argue, that is all ANYone does.
Except those that love to play with monkey wrenches ....
and I don't like monkey wrench throwers.
Sorry for wrecking your works. Think S&H Green Stamps then... lol