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Greater Energy Efficiency

Let’s face it, the world is turning “green,” and since PoW mining operations are poised to reach the energy consumption levels of small countries, it wouldn’t take much of an outcry to elicit the wrath of powerful environmentalists and politicians looking to curry favor from such pressure groups by putting the squeeze on some of these large mining operations. Such unwanted attention could result in additional taxes or threatened closures if things get ugly. ...

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Unlike in a centralized system where a few people of influence can conspire to twist the truth, if a miner behaves dishonestly, their block will be rejected and this dishonest actor will have wasted time and incurred hefty electricity costs in the process.


This is what makes PoW so secure: The combined computational power required for an individual to compromise a well-established Proof of Work blockchain like Bitcoin or Ethereum is too cost-prohibitive. Maybe if an attacker ...

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ETH 2.0 – Exploring The Phases of ETH 2.0

Since Ethereum first went live in July 2015, developers have stayed the course to improve it consistently. And in comparison to other upgrades over the years, the upcoming phasing in of ETH 2.0 will introduce two significant improvements: Proof of Stake (PoS) and Shard Chains. The shift in the underlying consensus mechanism away from the existing Proof of Work architecture will improve scalability, accessibility, economic incentives, energy ...

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