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by miohtama 1863 days ago
The first proof-of-stake coin was PeerCoin from 2012. Also Algorand is not leaps ahead of the competiton. More in my presentation:

https://capitalgram.com/posts/history-of-cryptocurrencies/

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Would it be reasonable to assert pure proof of stake is less risky than delegated proof of stake? I don't claim to be an expert in crypto but from what I've read it seems like pure proof of stake is a leap ahead of other consensus algorithms in terms of security, energy usage, etc.