We don’t have to convince anyone. If we’re correct into assuming that things in Bitcoin-SHA256 are just going to get worse from now on, this means Bitcoin’s parabolic runs are over. There’s going to be a few pumps here and there, but you guys simply don’t understand: what the pools did on 8/8/26 is a de facto *moving from PoW to PoS*. See how this worked for Ethereum. The bigger the stake you have in Bitcoin from now on, the bigger your influence. And who has bigger influence than BlackRock, Saylor and a few others. The network of nodes is not stopping them at this point. Plebs will gradually realise this over the course of the next 5-6 years and either come to us by their own accord, or simply abandon Bitcoin altogether.

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I agree. It is like proof of stake. stakes on pos define who validates transactions and, crucially, give voting power on protocol change proposals. If the users have no say they become customers and the miners effectively become custodians. you have got me thinking now about how to mitigate this attack other than benevolent dictator for life enforcing ossification. democracy is not the answer, it is debate and jurisprudence. But how to reduce the labor cost without opening a hole.