Vitalik: PoW is also quite centralized. PoW is just a temporary phase before moving to PoS

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, stated on social media that PoW is also quite centralized. It just hasn't been discussed too much because everyone knows it's just a temporary stage before transitioning to PoS. This doesn't even involve how to potentially avoid ASICs, simply because the upcoming PoS transition means there's no incentive to build them.

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