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If Ethereum can be changed from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake on a "whim", how is it not centralized in some capacity?

• DennisP 4y ago
  That's quite a whim. It's been the plan since 2014.
  • AtlasBarfed 4y ago
    Oh, so totally not centralized if there is a central plan. Totally no central group of committers so no centralization, totally no lead developers speaking at conferences providing direction and leadership. Got it. Decentralized.
• mixedCase 4y ago
  On a "whim" in so far as miners agree on the change.
  • 0des 4y ago
    And that change took years for everyone to standardize and design and then agree on to activate.
  • arlcode 4y ago
    Miners have no say in it. They "only" participate in the on chain consensus while the switch to PoS is governed by the underlying social consensus of what code to run.
• kreetx 4y ago
  Define whim, and how does it relate to being centralized? I don't think there is anyone forcing the miners to keep another Ethereum classic running.
• kinakomochidayo 4y ago
  It was supposed to transition to PoS from the beginning.