PoS is not only a computing and cryptography problem, it's also a social science and game theory problem. There are not that many "scientists" that are knowledg

PoS is not only a computing and cryptography problem, it's also a social science and game theory problem. There are not that many "scientists" that are knowledgeable on those areas. Nick Szabo (the authority figure you may be looking for) doesn't seem to like PoS: >Conjectured governance under proof-of-stake seems to involve programmers & other amateurs making legal & accounting decisions. Bitcoin governance does not. Even when lawyers & accountants properly take over PoS governance, PoW governance will likely be far more socially scalable. https://twitter.com/nickszabo4/status/956461360161935361 https://twitter.com/nickszabo4/status/956461360161935361 Tuur is a pretty insightful guy, and even if he doesn't have the credentials, the critique stands on its own.