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Re:Mainnet Merge Announcement by bowsamic on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @12:40PM (#32581988)
It’s cheaper to run 1 more GPU when you are already running 100

It’s the same price to add 1 eth when you own 100 eth as when you own 1 eth

Re:Mainnet Merge Announcement by camjw on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @12:49PM (#32582161)
Kind of, but doesn't that assume a linear utility function for holding eth which I think seems unrealistic? Plus, there are costs associated with holding eth (cold storage etc) which seem fixed, so its cheaper to securely stake 1 additional eth when you're already staking 100eth than when you're not running any. Plus fixed costs of actually running a staking business (by analogy with a mining business).
Re:Mainnet Merge Announcement by bowsamic on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @03:17PM (#32584393)
Yes, the utility function is linear for PoS, and wildly non linear for PoW