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0 pointslottin3y ago0 comments

In PoW miners buy physical capital and electricity, in PoS miners buy digital tokens. It's exactly the same, except PoS is less detrimental to the environment.

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rafaelero3y ago· 2 in thread

It would be the same if holding a token from a PoS system cost money. Since it doesn't, then it is definitely not the same thing.

lottinOP3y ago

Of course it costs money, holding a token has an opportunity cost.

Dylan168073y ago

The opportunity cost of not investing is in a different ballpark from spending that money on machines and electricity.

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