I found one with a quick Google search (actually even earlier, 2016). Excerpts from the comment thread [0]: > Ethereum hopes to do away with mining by early 2

I found one with a quick Google search (actually even earlier, 2016). Excerpts from the comment thread [0]: > Ethereum hopes to do away with mining by early 2017. > They're switching to proof of stake. Early PoS designs have some issues, like the infamous "nothing at stake" problem, but theirs addresses those. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12128406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12128406