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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by kevingadd on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:45AM (#26064316)
"PoS will be proven to be more efficient in almost every way"

We've already known PoS is more efficient for like a decade haven't we? When will it become real and actually start to supplant Bitcoin, 2030? It's a very interesting theoretical point but I don't see how it's relevant when we're talking about the environmental impact Bitcoin has been having for years while Tesla is dumping money into it.

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by michaelsbradley on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:03AM (#26065382)
The Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain mainnet launched on 01 Dec 2020; you can track its operation with e.g. BeaconScan[1] and beaconha.in[2].

Ethereum 2.0 (proof of stake) is currently a hybrid, with the beacon chain operating in conjunction with Ethereum 1.0 (proof of work).

The plan[3] is to merge Eth1 and Eth2 by 2022, though it's an admittedly ambitious plan. My bet is that it will happen before 2024.

[1] https://beaconscan.com/

[2] https://beaconcha.in/

[3] https://ethereum.org/en/eth2/docking/

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