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Aron Fischer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hyc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>voxel</span></a></span> <br>My point was that Ethereum staking can be run on a NUC or even on a Rasperry Pi. <br>There are no ASICs here. So:</p><p>"<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> uses <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>|s which makes it way more polluting due to these being useless for anything else."<br>is completely false. misinformation.</p><p>meanwhile:<br>" the only thing that moving <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> from <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a> to <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/PoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoS</span></a> achieved is raising the wall to make it harder, more expensive amd less attractive for <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/SmallInvestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallInvestors</span></a> to fiddle with it."<br>Is also demonstrably false.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@cobordism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cobordism</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hyc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>voxel</span></a></span> IMHO the only thing that moving <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoS</span></a> achieved is raising the wall to make it harder, more expensive amd less attractive for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SmallInvestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallInvestors</span></a> to fiddle with it.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotFinancialAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotFinancialAdvice</span></a> but I would've always disrecommended that espechally after <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Buterin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buterin</span></a> et. al. decided to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backroll</span></a> due to them and others having been <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HornyForMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HornyForMoney</span></a> and wanting to pull funds from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TheDAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheDAO</span></a>.</li></ul><p>Demondtrably, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EthereumClassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthereumClassic</span></a> would at least be more trustworthy, alas that's an Opinion based off <em>'vibes'</em>…</p><ul><li>Whether the PoS transition did save energy is debateable since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>|s which makes it way more polluting due to these being <em>useless</em> for anything else. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scalpers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scalpers</span></a> are shit but at the very least a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a> can be <em>reused</em> elsewhere…</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@dexternemrod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dexternemrod</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Eeyupp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eeyupp</span></a>..</p><p>The same <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BaFin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BaFin</span></a></span> that <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1d550ae8-47c8-397b-847d-a44f0ea7455a" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ignored shortsellers</a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SafkhetCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafkhetCapital</span></a> and <a href="https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/DE/Pressemitteilung/2021/pm_210128_Wirecard.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">had people inside </a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BaFin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaFin</span></a> invested in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wirecard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wirecard</span></a> and that has been very much incompetent and still has the audacity to <a href="https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/DE/Fachartikel/2021/fa_bj_2106_FISG.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">demand more powers</a>...</p><ul><li>The only ones getting shafted are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consumers</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SmallInvestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallInvestors</span></a> that can't squish losses under the rug like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SoftBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftBank</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BlackRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackRock</span></a> do all the time...</li></ul>