Wikilicious t1_iza38qs wrote
Reply to comment by GoofAckYoorsElf in Ethereum’s energy switch saves as much electricity as entire Ireland uses | The success of The Merge concept may now serve as a roadmap to enable a switch from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake in Bitcoin. by chrisdh79
POW has economics of scale… the bigger you are the more discounts you get. In PoS you don’t get discounts.
GoofAckYoorsElf t1_iza9pp3 wrote
True. PoS does not need this additional step. Your power in the block chain is directly connected to your size, not just indirectly through discounts.
IsThereAnythingLeft- t1_izawqdu wrote
Not it doesn’t vacate as it scales the price would go up so would the mining reward and hence the energy wasted
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