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Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake — Vlad Zamfir on Ethereum’s ‘Casper’


How does systems designer Vlad Zamfir plan to migrate a multi-million dollar crypto network from one mining type to another? What might be lost in the process, and what might be gained? What is not yet decided? Questions submitted by viewers via r/TheDailyDecrypt and r/Ethereum.

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Vlad’s blog regarding Casper: https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/08/01/introducing-casper-friendly-ghost
Daniel Larimer of Bitshares’ critique of PoS: https://bytemaster.github.io/2015/08/08/Review-of-Casper-Ethereums-proposed-Proof-of-Stake-Algorithm
Questions submitted via The Daily Decrypt subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDailyDecrypt/comments/460hgc/i_have_an_upcoming_interview_with_vlad_zamfir
Questions submitted via Ethereum subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/460hx5/i_have_an_upcoming_interview_with_vlad_zamfir
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42 Comments

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  2. One of the best interviews into Ethereum tech ive seen. An interviewer with insight and charm asking great questions that make the interloquetor feels home.

  3. Sounds like a Huge Greed and Power Trip by the guys at the top for sure. Rich get richer and can do what they want with the coin

  4. so, in addition to losing money (as a disincentive to misbehave as a validator) is there also the removal of your validator 'license' – you can't play the validator game any more?

  5. Well, it's been over a year since the intro to POS. As someone who's been in BTC (since 2011) and other cryptos as they launch, Vlad's answers, and general ideas and motivation for switching to POS are 1) the antithesis of the philosophy behind cryptos and 2) a recipe for failure. 3) Speculation has caused an inflation in ETH price, shortage of hardware, and more importantly 4) is a thinly veiled scheme to inflate the value of their own holdings indefinitely. These are folks who believe decentralized currencies should be free of manipulation of from the powers that be; state/gov actors who have an arsenal of tactics at their disposal to inflate or deflate prices while benefitting themselves. Well, POS, at it's core, is 1) control 2) inflation if their own wealth in perpetuity 3) centralized control and power over it. Want to watch ETH die? Pay attention when they force POS. Vlad speaks like a freshman research assistant who isn't even sure of his own general statements. Hard fork it

  6. I Don't like the idea of "Proof of Stake". The entire concept breads hoarding of currency rather than robust commerce. There's nothing stopping nation states from printing unlimited fiat currency and buying major swaths of economic stake. Essentially "Proof of Stake" allows banks and governments to enter the cryptocurrency financial world. This system rewards individuals and entities that already own lots of cryptocurrency. It also lends itself to major manipulation considering that they're devising a complicated process whereby only a select few (i.e. Banking Cartels, The Wealthy & Crypto Developers ) control the currency just like centralized banks already do. This is NOT good for Ethereum or any other cryptocurrency…

  7. If a node gets the stake stolen, then the hacker will be able to run a validating node. No way to censor stolen funds.

  8. He forgot to say, Bitcoin mining creates business interest divisions BUT also adds security, 4.6 exa hashes per second in Bitcoin. Will I have the same secuity just because a node pledged some ETH?

  9. Hey Amanda beautiful, smart girl you are! Question Please let me know asap as I'm looking to invest in a gpu rig when will etherium be no longer minable with GPU's?

  10. Pos = ethereum doomed… At least if its the way he explains it. Words like hard fork should not even be part of the vocabulary.

  11. Will the stake (deposit) start out close to the 2014 prebuy rate due to the number of investors with BTC?
    Or will this be closer to the everyman that just bought in with 20usd worth ?
    Btw,what was the prebuy price and payout ?

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