In the crypto industry has been around since the beginnings of split bearing – especially when it comes to consensus methods. Power-hungry Proof-of-Work protocols can be replaced by many of the major digital currency platforms slowly through Proof-of-Stake (PoS).
However, this Protocol obviously has its own potential drawbacks.
Recent studies have addressed the potential of a stronger centralization of the “Proof-of-Stake”networks, in which the original holder of the Token the lion’s share of any sensible staking arrangement and the related Governance rights.
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Evidence for the control by whales?
The research firm Messari has examined how Power and wealth within the public block chains to be distributed and as to the creation of a “run-class” could result in the choking might be the future adaptation.
The model assumes that the majority of the Token-holders are those who have bought during the ICO Phase. The passive owner could at a price the Token increase in sold and the original owners, the greater the Staking rights conferred.
The hypothetical Situation, presumably in terms of platforms such as Ethereum, believes that the PoS Blockchains will be charged for the initial Token distribution.
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According to the researchers, this is especially true for platforms with a tightly coupled On-Chain Governance.
If you have more PoS-based block chains appear to be offering larger stock exchanges Staking as a service, while they themselves make a neat cut. Coinbase is already doing that with Tezos.
He continued that not only the owner of the original tokens have a permanent claim on the Seigniorage of a Blockchain, but also a permanent claim on your decision. Those who have invested in the establishment of the network in this will receive a proportional right to all future expenditure.
This claim on Seigniorage might be a good compromise for more safety, because no one wants to damage his own stocks and investments, but could the original owner of the Token in the Moment, in which the On-Chain-Governance comes into play.
This class of Token-holders and stakeholders could influence the direction of the network and its leadership constantly. This raises a big question for the future of the public PoS blockchains.
Hybrid Consensus?
A solution to a hybrid model of Consensus of any PoS and PoW would be. The researchers use Decred as an example of how this works in the case of miners who are faced with ongoing spending – which makes them “natural sellers”.
On the other hand, Mining Pools and centralization could pose problems, especially if you are geographically focused, as it is in the case of Bitcoin and the Mining predominance of China to be the case.
Crypto-platforms are constantly evolving, and this is the Trilemma of security, decentralization and scalability remains a challenge.