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Re:.01% of Bitcoin holders hold 27% of all Bitcoin by iownzerobtc on Saturday May 21, 2022 @01:29PM (#31459920)
If you have significant fiat capital you can easily purchase mining power in PoW. Similar with purchasing validator power in PoS. The two are equal in that regard. Where they differ is that PoS is more resilient to 51% attacks of this nature than PoW is.
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Re:.01% of Bitcoin holders hold 27% of all Bitcoin by reedjosh on Saturday May 21, 2022 @11:05PM (#31464521)
> PoS is more resilient to 51% attacks of this nature than PoW is.

Pretty sure you got that backward.

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Re:.01% of Bitcoin holders hold 27% of all Bitcoin by iownzerobtc on Sunday May 22, 2022 @05:13AM (#31466271)
Details:

https://vitalik.ca/general/2020/11/06/pos2020.html

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