PoW is the solution to PoS, not the other way around.

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PoW is the solution to PoS, not the other way around.

PoW pros:

  • meritocracy is the most ethical monetary and governance policy
  • creates economic incentive to run nodes, which secure the network
  • creates a sunken cost for tokens
  • is decentralizing in nature

PoW cons:

  • can consume a significant carbon footprint
  • PoW slows down the network

PoS pros:

  • has smaller carbon footprint
  • can process more transactions than PoW

PoS cons:

  • PoS plutocracy monetary and governance policy is unethical, especially when the token was premined and handed to insiders
  • no incentive to run nodes, compromises the security of the network
  • no sunken cost for tokens
  • is centralizing in nature

I think the biggest con of PoS is the lack of incentive to run a node. It's human nature not care about security until something bad happens, and I fear that eventually Ethereum will face a byzantine generals crisis due to a lack of nodes. While PoW isn't perfect, it was engineered as a solution to the game theory problems of PoS.

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