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The exact same way proof of purchase of massive bespoke mining rigs doesn't cause the rich to grow richer.

The people making significant money from mining cryptocurrencies are the ones with multiple warehouse-scale operations filled with custom hardware. These people aren't getting rich, they were already rich. Moving to PoS just removes some middlemen, not changes the fundamental economics.



But there's not a massive economy of scale, and anyone can jump in and be at the same level as anyone else at that time.

If I have a million bitcoins because I got in on day 3, I don't have an advantage of making them today.

If I have a million PoS coins, because I got in on day 3, am I more likely to get more than someone who just started?




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