No, really, it's not. 

Labor theory of value debunked by Carl Menger: [Principles of Economics](https://mises.org/library/book/principles-economics) (1871}

Has nothing to do with hashcash proof of work that was incorporated into bitcoin. See nostr:npub1art8cs66ffvnqns5zs5qa9fwlctmusj5lj38j94lv0ulw0j54wjqhpm0w5's [The Genesis Book](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSG6C6GR?tag=bravesoftwa04-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&language=en_US).