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Cardano mainnet doesn't exist? What?...

The Mainnet has 2,289 active stake pool operators, which comes out to >99% decentralized, with 71.09% of the total ADA in circulation being actively staked on those pools ($26.83b/$37.7b). It has an incredibly active and healthy mainnet...

With no smart contracts or actual usable functionality. Its just a chain with staking and nothing useful

https://i.redd.it/9v8n8zaugjp61.jpg

Nothing useful is a HUGE stretch - unless only smart contracts are 'useful'. The ecosystem is new but growing rapidly. Let's circle back to this comment in 1-2 months?

That remains to be seen. Ethereum has their own way of solving PoS weakness and Cardano has their own way. You need to read more.

Inflation and centralization are just as possible on PoW (see Binance Smart Chain) and just as easy to avoid on PoS.

Cardano main net has been around a long time. It just doesn't support smart contracts yet.