• survirtual@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yes, they do.

    In order to acquire the token, where does it come from in PoS?

    You want to mint the token? It requires the token.

    You want to buy the token? It requires someone that already has the token to sell it.

    You want to trade the token? You need to find someone that has the token and wishes to perform that trade.

    It requires acquiring a counterparty that consents to you acquiring a stake no matter how “mature” a PoS chain is.

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      If you want to take a “purest” approach then bitcoin has similar problems. To gain any chance of mining BTC you have to buy specialised equipment from someone.

      I would also put joining a mining collective in a similar “human consent” category