Does anyone have a good explanation on why Solana is more centralized than Ethereum? I can't tell if that's true, or just a meme (like how Bitcoin is more decentralized than Ethereum)

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Proof of work vs proof of stake and why I think energy intensive blockchains are the only ones that have been truly decentralized

Tangentially related, I posted a video explaining why proof of work networks are inherently more decentralized than proof of stake (eth started as proof of work)

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Tangentially related, I posted a video explaining why proof of work networks are inherently more decentralized than proof of stake (eth started as proof of work)  https://warpcast.com/nicole/0x0e3f9d1c

Ty for pointing this out I was hoping someone would challenge my assumptions here! Do you think the transition from PoW to PoS was a good thing in this regard? Or is there another system that could keep things more decentralized?

PoW inevitably congregates hashpower to areas with low energy cost, and economies of scale also ensure said hashpower is controlled by a couple entities in the long run. This is what happened to bitcoin, and it's probably not just a bitcoin problem but an inherent consequence of PoW. Can't have decentralization with energy, as the physical world is not flat.

Whether or not you buy this argument, bitcoin and ethereum are objectively significantly more decentralized than solana and proof of stake as a system compounds wealth with little incentive to decentralize it. The block building mechanism is also more centralized on solana, they optimize for speed over decentralization

I never really bought this argument. Sure, you need money to buy the staking currency, but you also need money to buy or manufacture chips. What you're saying might make more sense for making sure a network is decentralized when it starts, but we're way beyond that. I don't care how decentralized these networks were 10 years ago