I expect the waste of Bitcoin will not carry forward into its successors. Nobody has yet proven that high value proof of stake currencies can scale, but I bet

I expect the waste of Bitcoin will not carry forward into its successors. Nobody has yet proven that high value proof of stake currencies can scale, but I bet they will. Also, what kind of consumer protections would you want to see in a currency? It seems to me that ensuring that you actually got what you paid for pretty much sums it up but I'm probably overlooking something.