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Re:Fe – An emerging smart contract language for the Ethereum... by jallen_dot_dev on Sunday December 05, 2021 @12:07PM (#29450737)
You can run a node without being a validator. It's the same as today with PoW, you can run a node without being a miner. Mining also requires a large investment in specialized equipment and energy if you have any hope of finding a block.
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Re:Fe – An emerging smart contract language for the Ethereum... by camgunz on Sunday December 05, 2021 @01:44PM (#29451680)
> You can run a node without being a validator.

Yeah but we're only talking about validations and mining. PoS gets rid of mining, but it's still the case that Ethereum is a very expensive distributed consensus system based on validation nodes. And again, for what reason?

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