> Question 2. Why do we refer to them still in mainstream discourse as systems that even qualify as cryptocurrencies? Because a sizeable part of the population

> Question 2. Why do we refer to them still in mainstream discourse as systems that even qualify as cryptocurrencies? Because a sizeable part of the population that doesn't care about cryptocurrency but cares about climate change has been sold on the idea of it. They were told that PoS can get by without the energy waste of PoW. Marketing for PoS was pretty good.