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If POS is really as bad as claimed, then why is Ethereum 2.0 going to be using POS?

• sp332 5y ago
  Well, how many times has it been delayed? Clearly it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
  • suikadayo 5y ago
    What’s delayed? Beacon chain has been running on mainnet since last December-ish. http://beaconcha.in http://beaconcha.in
    • hanniabu 5y ago
      But-but-but! frustrated by facts
    • seoaeu 5y ago
      They’ve been saying Etherium will switch to proof of stake “soon” since like 2017!
    • sp332 5y ago
      The merge was going to happen by the end of this year, but miners complained https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26441399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26441399 and then it was delayed again. https://www.coinhighlight.com/2021/10/ethereum-eth-devs-looking-to-delay-difficulty-time-bomb-what-could-this-mean/ https://www.coinhighlight.com/2021/10/ethereum-eth-devs-look...
      • suikadayo 5y ago
        The merge was expedited over miner concerns, prioritizing it over sharding as originally planned, so it’s actually the opposite of what you are saying.
        • sp332 5y ago
          Sorry, I didn't mean to draw such a straight line between the two things. My point is just that it didn't happen last year, and even after being expedited, it won't happen this year either.
      • xur17 5y ago
        > but miners complained https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26441399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26441399 and then it was delayed again To be clear, it wasn't delayed because miners complained, it was delayed because it wasn't ready yet.
• deleted 5y ago
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• 8note 5y ago
  The naive assumption is that the people making that choice stand to become much richer from the change
• hanniabu 5y ago
  It's not bad. This piece is written by a bitcoin maxi. https://vitalik.ca/general/2020/11/06/pos2020.html https://vitalik.ca/general/2020/11/06/pos2020.html