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Energy Fears Fade After Ethereum’s Move to Proof-of-Stake
I remember when mainstream critics complained that Bitcoin and Ethereum consumed excessive electricity because of Proof-of-Work.
Ethereum’s shift to Proof-of-Stake largely defanged that argument, while Bitcoin still faces valid energy-efficiency criticism.
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Analysis
Ethereum’s Merge materially lowered its energy footprint and weakened a key environmental critique, but Bitcoin remains PoW and continues to attract scrutiny from regulators, ESG investors, and the pu...
Recommendation
Watch post-Merge sustainability metrics and regulatory developments; favor projects that demonstrably reduce energy use and treat Bitcoin’s PoW model as a longer-term risk factor in portfolio allocati...
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