not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago17 years*lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
arrow-up10arrow-down1image17 years*lemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThat’s PoW. With PoS, it is coin ownership. Which is much more distributed than computing power.
minus-squarekwarg@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI’m not an expert, but I never understood why people would prefer PoS over PoW. Indeed, the latter requires to “waste” larger amounts of energy, but doesn’t PoS favor rich groups of people colluding against the blockchain timeline?
That’s PoW. With PoS, it is coin ownership.
Which is much more distributed than computing power.
I’m not an expert, but I never understood why people would prefer PoS over PoW. Indeed, the latter requires to “waste” larger amounts of energy, but doesn’t PoS favor rich groups of people colluding against the blockchain timeline?