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> Except for that it uses technology that harms the environment.

Apparently it's on Ethereum. Ethereum is already using an hybrid PoW / PoS (proof of stake) chain and at some point the PoS chain should be the only one. It PoS works, the impact on the environment should be a rounding error.

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Great, get back to us when it actually happens, right now it is an environmental disaster.

Check out Ploygon(MATIC) they have an Ethereum L2 PoS network that is fully functional and works.

At this point people are voluntarily using an expensive and wasteful mainnet on Ethereum, and it is better to promote the the existing solutions rather than spread FUD that they do not exist.

Haven't people been saying this for at least 4 years?

Maybe, but as of now the ETH2 beacon chain is running with > $14B of ETH locked in it, not launching honestly seems unlikely at this point.

For those who, like me, are not knee-deep in crypto stuff, $14B of ETH appears to be about 3.7% of the total market cap.

No, people have not been saying that ethereum is already partially on proof of stake for 4 years. I realize that isn't what you meant, but what you meant seems to be missing the point that it's actually happening recently.

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