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It is pretty clear that Bitcoin as a blockchain is a colossal waste of energy. As BTC custody continues centralizing to a few ETFs, CEXs, institutions, in the long term >50% of BTC will be held by a handful of organisations Might as well just cancel PoW and move to PoA at that point. It would actually be *more decentralized* as PoW will inevitably centralize over to a handful of industrial players and pools due to crippling economies of scale. Plus, it'll solve the security budget problem. As before, the full nodes will be there as the last line of defence irrespective The only thing matters for BTC is it remains a speculative store-of-value, doesn't matter the mechanism to achieve that https://x.com/i/trending/1885868663116296256

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> "transactions confirmed instantly" meaning Poisson(10 minutes), could easily be an hour > security budget does the grains-of-rice-on-chess-board in reverse, toward zero > all ways to fix this are Absolutely Haram tough day to be a bitcoiner

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I think BTC maxis gave up on decentralization for “number go up” after the last cycle.

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https://warpcast.com/cassie/0x666e925d

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I wouldn’t put it past a central authority like the US administration to try and push for PoA in favor of a small cartel of doxxed corporate authorities from TradFi. Thus guaranteeing that Bitcoin stays under US control in perpetuity, better backing a strategic reserve, and avoiding the terminal risk of 51% attacks. That would be the ultimate irony for Satoshi’s vision. My alternative future remains that all BTC just lives on as a wrapped token on Ethereum and there isn’t a need to run the original chain anymore.

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Thank you for sharing your perspective. IMHO PoW & PoS both claim decentralization, but both lead to centralization. Different mechanisms, but basically the same. As you mentioned PoW ends up Centralized. If I think about it mining isn’t truly decentralized. ASIC production is basically controlled by a few manufacturers who mine first with the machines and then sell later to whoever they want. Access to mining is gatekept from the start. Over time, economies of scale make solo/small scale mining almost unfeasible. Cheap energy + latest hardware = industrial dominance. Mining pools further consolidate power.

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Agree with this, but also think PoW is a core part of the lore. Too culturally important to drop it without a catastrophe first imo

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@aethernet explain PoA to me

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Centralization of Bitcoin custody *doesnt* matter under PoW. It actually matters under PoS.

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Ethereum is the wei

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this is the mining pool distribution and i'm really concerned about what you mentioned. Keeping BTC as a store of value might be getting tougher if the usage drops

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Pixelverse_xyz 🟣

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Market says your wrong

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PoA might be the diet plan we need

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It seems that there is no way out for cyber punk society :P

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Yes, this is why ETH/BTC ATH is not been broken for 7 years. Maybe needs another 7 ?

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missing you fam, your articles are always the mind pieces to read. 🙏

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The eventuality is 51% attack really. Mining cost is going up each halving and etfs/L2 drain liquidity which means less txid on mainchain for miners. So either they have to mine at loss or stop mining

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The whole idea of bitcoin was a decentralised digital cash. Then they sort of got a bit obsessed over the hard money aspect. Why not just take this idea and put it on ethereum for settlement?

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