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Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by jkhdigital on Saturday March 13, 2021 @10:44AM (#26447288)
> The initial plan of Ethereum was to launch with Proof of Work, and very quickly afterwards switch to Proof of Stake

And that’s the problem... it’s a bait and switch, because the miners had to bear the capital costs of investing in mining rigs, which would suddenly lose a lot of value in a switch to PoS. I think this is the original sin of Ethereum, and the network will be forever plagued by conflict because of it.

Re:Vitalik escalates ETH 2.0 merge as miners plan a 51% attack by nvlr on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:39PM (#26448192)
Not really a bait of switch though since Ethereum has always been very clear that this is the plan. Anyone who bought a rig should have known that they had a limited investment horizon.