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by kortex 1947 days ago
Proof of stake is the fusion power of crypto. It's been 6-24 months away since what, 2016? I toured Consensys a few years back and at the time it seemed PoS was right around the corner.

OTOH, it could be cracked tomorrow and value of dedicated silicon will go off a cliff. So I don't blame the GPGPU crowd for that, before even considering the engineering challenges of silicon/FPGA for eth.
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ryebit 1947 days ago
Ethereum's Proof of Stake "beacon chain" is already live, with around $6 billion staked (since launch in december 2020). Next year is just formalizing and testing it taking over from the miners. So despite timeframe, there's little uncertainty about the outcome.

https://beaconcha.in/ is a nice explorer to see beacon chain running live.

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kortex 1944 days ago
Neat, thanks!
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