On: Ethereum Is Green

[wmf]

Non-whales get the same rate of return as whales and it's much easier to enter the staking market than mining.

[michaelsbradley → wmf]

Yes, but I think the “whales” comment was a reference to the large upfront cost of staking in ETH2. At the moment a single validator requires depositing USD equivalent of $94,399.36 (32 ETH).

[CryptoPunk → michaelsbradley]

You can stake via a pool, which greatly lowers the capital floor for participating.

[wmf → michaelsbradley]

Mining requires pooling and not surprisingly staking does too.

[soarfourmore → wmf]

Which makes it only further centralized.

[michaelsbradley → soarfourmore]

Staking pools can be decentralized or centralized. For Eth2 to have a bright decentralized future, it's important that decentralized staking pools can emerge and thrive.

The Rocket Pool protocol, for example, allows for decentralized pooling: https://medium.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-staking-protocol-...

See also: https://our.status.im/rocket-pool-integration/