Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge

Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by crazypython on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:01AM (#27195548)

You can DDoS normal, non-validating nodes, and if they go offline, they can be unsure which chain is the true chain, because they were not around.. This means your laptop can never sleep, unlike in Bitcoin, where full nodes may go offline and catch up later.

People who control stake can refuse to include (censor) transactions, as there is no market competition for transaction inclusion like in PoW. In PoW, if 51% of network power is censoring transactions, then censored transactions can attach a higher fee, which competing miners will use to buy more equipment and mine the censored transactions.

These are the ones I know about, that I learned in an evening of research.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by exo762 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:23PM (#27196967)

This is false. At least false for Ethereum's hybrid PoS.

It uses Verifiable Delay Function as an element of random number generation process. One can look into number of rounds of VDF and treat them just the way they treat proof of work today. It can be compared to determine which chain is the longer one.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by jude- on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:47PM (#27198354)

How long till we have a VDF ASIC that lets block producers fuck with this?

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by crazypython on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:11PM (#27198718)

Chia Coin is working on a VDF ASIC so that they can correct for it in advance (essentially selling it at a loss so everyone can own the best VDF) but I'm not sure it's the same VDF as Ether.

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