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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by LeftTriangle on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:50AM (#27196303)
> Under Proof-of-Stake, when the price of ETH increases, the security of the network does too

This does not follow. Security level is independent of miner reward value under PoS.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by suikadayo on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @12:24PM (#27196989)
As price of Ether rises, it becomes even more difficult to acquire the 32 ETH required to become a validator.
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