Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge
by hanniabu on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:59PM
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Exactly, the devil is in the details, just like how all current "scalable" blockchains are only able to do so because they sacrificed decentralization. Ethereum is dealing with growing pains right now because it's solving scalability with an approach that doesn't sacrifice decentralization or security.
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge
by WanderPanda on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:38PM
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AFAIK they are already at 6-8tb for their blockchain. Seems to be not very helpful with a high diversity of staking nodes. I am in doubt that their turing complete global computer can scale AND stay decentralized
Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge
by Sargos on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:48PM
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That's only for an archive node which isn't that useful to the network and is generally only used by specialist. A full Ethereum node easily fits on a 1TB drive and with research ongoing into statelessness the problem of state growth won't be a problem long term.