Ethereum (ETH) op PoS Schonn ënner 51% Attack: Investisseur Jason Williams

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• Jason Williams warns about “51% attack on ETH 2.0”
• Community concerned about centralization of post-Merge Ethereum (ETH)

Prominent investor and writer Jason A. Williams, a founding partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets, slams the decentralization of the soon-to-be post-Merge Ethereum (ETH).

Jason Williams warns about “51% attack on ETH 2.0”

Mr. Williams has taken to Twitter to criticize the upcoming Ethereum on proof of stake (previously known as Ethereum 2.0, or ETH2). According to him, its staking design is very far from being fair and inclusive.

Eng 51% Attack op ETH 2.0 ass scho geschitt.

Eng kleng Grupp vu fréien Insider a Grënner kontrolléiert scho méi wéi 51% vun der ETH.

Et gëtt näischt éierleche Stakers kënnen maachen wann dës Majoritéit Grupp virauszegesinn an zwangsleefeg hir Kontroll vun der Ledger mëssbraucht.

- Jason A. Williams (@GoingParabolic) September 13, 2022

A group of insiders and founders are already responsible for controlling over 51% of all Ethers (ETH) locked in public staking mechanisms.

Here’s why an attack from PoS “whales” looks predictable and inevitable for Mr. Williams. “Honest” stakers, he claims, are unable to somehow protect themselves from “abusing” the strategy of whales.

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Solana’s co-founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, Gedeelt his mixed feelings about the decentralization status of Ethereum on PoS:

Ethereum devs have had a relentless focus on enabling decentralization that is above of what was achieved with previous generation networks. The results of all this r&d has had a ton of influence on how I think about solving these same problems

Community concerned about centralization of post-Merge Ethereum (ETH)

There are a number of indicators that suggest that Ethereum (ETH) staking might be vulnerable to centralization issues post-Merge. For instance, according to Nansen, almost 2/3 of staked Ethers (ETH) are controlled by Lido Finance, Coinbase, Kraken and Binance structures.

As covered by U.Today, these entities (alongside Bitcoin Suisse and Staked.US) have controlled Ethers (ETH) in ETH2 deposit contracts over recent months.

Also, over 52% of Ethereum (ETH) nodes are hosted by heavyweight infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services (AWS).