Quote from: j1792 on December 19, 2023, 03:16:49 PM

The problem is not the energy consumption itself, but rather the higher cost of maintaining the hash rate that comes with energy consumption. Based on the principles of mining competition and economics, the cost of acquiring mining machines cannot be reduced. In fact, it will be affected by the mining returns.

PoW security lies in the resource utilisation. Hashrate is an effect, not a cause.

Quote from: j1792 on December 19, 2023, 03:16:49 PM

The question is how much it costs to maintain the hash rate, which ultimately counts towards the cost of maintaining the blockchain network. For an efficient blockchain network, this cost should be reduced as much as possible.

PoS is the most efficient.

Quote from: j1792 on December 19, 2023, 03:16:49 PM

If we can reduce energy consumption, we can reduce the cost of maintaining the hash rate, which reduces the cost of running the blockchain. Although purchasing storage equipment may be as expensive as purchasing ASIC miner, the cost of keeping the storage equipment running is much lower than the cost of keeping the ASIC miner powered on. Due to the decrease in energy costs, mining machines will not have to shut down due to a drop in coin prices. And this could prevent the hash rate from declining.

Somehow you assume that the opportunity cost of matter is less than of energy, while an arbitrage is possible due to E=mc².

Quote from: crwth on December 19, 2023, 03:25:52 PM

Are there hybrid talks with PoW with PoS already? I'm not sure if I have read some resources about this. I'm thinking about it with like the approach to gasoline cars or something. A hybrid.

Rather still than already: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5466321.0