There are no plans currently and most likely never will there be any plans for POS transition for Bitcoin. ETH went POS because it’s goal back in 2015 was to switch over to an energy efficient way of processing transactions. With Bitcoin there are no plans to do so.

Even if there was a plan, there is no difficulty bomb in place for Bitcoin such as ETH. So even if there was software out to upgrade to POS,  no miners would upgrade to that software. So you don’t have to worry.

@OP I belive that the developers already know that POS is not ideal for Bitcoin and they have no interest in transitioning Bitcoin POW to Bitcoin POS because of several various reasons but the most important is the security.  Most that know Bitcoin know that POW is the reason why the Bitcoin network is almost unhackable because anyone with ill-intent needs huge money to hack the bitcoin network.  While POS have it many concerns and bugs, the developer cannot compromise the funds of the Bitcoin holder just to make Bitcoin POS.


Any fork of Bitcoin that deviates from the main blockchain network is not Bitcoin at all, and I believe ASICs will keep on developing to cope with the changes of demands overtime.

Its very highly unlikely bitcoin will proceed to PoS. ETH was criticized and even a bit considered as securities by US SEC because of this move.

There is no plans nor even any serious discussions on this topic since everyone knows PoS is garbage from the day it was introduced about a decade ago.

PoW is already optimized, and having ASICs isn't in contradiction to that. Besides there is nothing wrong with having to buy (read make a solid commitment) ASICs to be able to mine bitcoin. In fact that means you can't just flip a switch to start mining and turn it off any time you liked, in case you were mining with your CPU for example. This makes the hashrate more stable.

The issue is not about something working, the problem is how it is working. A centralized shitcoin is also working but that doesn't mean creating a centralized shitcoin is the way to go.

You hate and are worried about something that doesn't even exists.... I doubt we will see bitcoin moving to Proof of Stake. The chain might split and a new chain might be created that uses proof of stake, but it will be just another "altcoins" like all other altcoins that tried to bring "change" in bitcoin, but failed miserably. If bitcoin moves to proof of stake, it might become centralized which is what bitcoin is against, so I can almost assure that we won't be something like this anytime soon.

I can't stand, and I don't see it happening either.

Aside from Bitcoin, the only top coins right now that is still POW are Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin Cash, and there might be some more, but these are the most popular ones. This is why many people love Bitcoin being decentralized. No central authority can do anything about Bitcoin, but multiple people must agree into something in order for it to be implemented.

Changing it from POS to POW just make it more centralized, and I know that we hate that to happen. Besides, I don't see any reason why Bitcoin must move from POW to POS. It will remain as POW.

Someone who commented here in this section said that this is not ideal, why? Has anyone managed to change the Bitcoin protocol ever since? right, nothing yet? Then if attention is focused on it, it will be discussed or debated for sure.

Others may think POS is good for Bitcoin, but it's not the priority of Bitcoin users to be honest, so there's no reason to do it with Bitcoin in my own opinion.

POS gives a few stakeholders control, but doesn't POW too? Who can compete with China's megamines? How decentralised? POS's issues are valid. However, objectivity is essential. Problems are solvable. Ethereum is fighting them. POW's energy issue is very difficult. POW is Bitcoin's robust foundation. The holy grail? Still arguable. POW isn't perfect, even as we optimise it.

POW improves decentralisation and reliability, but it may be improved. As a healthy sceptic, I must add that POW may be Bitcoin's best strategy, but it's not flawless. Despite our attachment to present systems, we must remain open to new ideas and improvements

Raise the validator limit from 32 Ethereum to 2048 eth.

to let rich people solo stake and generate 63 times more income, while pushing others to join pools.

Definitely, there is no way Bitcoin is going PoS, especially if we keep in mind that there are countries that welcome people to mine bitcoins with cheap electricity and reduced or no tax rates. There is a lot of money invest in ASIC miners, I don't think it's gonna happen in near future to move not only POS but to exclusively on CPU/GPU mining.

The very, very first version of BTC was the most fair. Back then, when 1 CPU = 1 vote, things were more equal. As time passed and BTC's price started skyrocketing, some people obviously saw a money-making potential in BTC and wanted to profit off the opportunity.

The main issue with both PoW and PoS when it comes to wealth distribution is that in both cases, as we speak, the rich have an advantage. For PoW, the more mining rigs you have, the more power you have hence the more BTC you can make. This rig-buying business turned into a competition for who's got the most hashing power, and I see it similar to how the top 100 compete for the most wealth.

For PoS, the more money you have, the easier you climb to the top. I get my little share from my $100 while a whale gets their huge share from their millions.

I've seen other ideas such as 1 heartbeat = 1 vote or 1 heart beat = 1 coin. That works great until you find out older people's heart beats are different, there's no realistic way to measure real, legitimate heartbeats and at the end of the day, the rich will still be able to buy coins from you because - well, for the right offer, you'd give your coins wouldn't you?

Fairness is hard to get. PoS implies a ton of security issues we really don't need. Maybe if ETH proves to be a success and at least as secure as BTC with its PoS, BTC will try it out too (I doubt it). Otherwise, let BTC be the way it is. The only ones happy about a move to PoS will be shitcoin holders and governments because security will be significantly lower, lol. If there's a more fair way to do things, Bitcoin will adopt it once proven..