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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