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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by DennisP on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:07PM (#27199487)
Sure. In fact, that's almost how Ethereum's proof-of-stake works, except it has a protocol that comes to consensus without wasting anything as long as people follow the rules, and only destroys stake when someone provably breaks the rules.
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by lottin on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:55PM (#27200176)
If this is true, PoW is simply a stupid version of PoS and should be abandoned immediately.
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