Block012 - Why Proof-of-Stake is a PoS

Welcome to Block012 of The Bitcoin Journey. In this episode, Tim & CJ discuss proof-of-stake, the supposed next generation of decentralised consensus (spoiler alert, it isn't).

They discuss:

• What is proof-of-stake and how it differs from proof-of-work
• Countering arguments against PoW
• Why PoS centralises control of a network
• Why PoS doesn't achieve consensus

And many more ramblings inbetween! We really enjoyed recording this one, we learned a lot researching into and feel we can better combat some of the FUD thrown at PoW. We hope you find it useful too!

Some of resources used in this discussion:

Yanmaani's Blog post
Proof of stake is a scam and the people promoting it are scammers

Vitalik's Blog Detailing PoS

Interview with Vitalik that Tim references

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