A 101 Guide To Ethereum’s ProgPoW Controversy

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last Friday on Ethereum’s core developer call, the devs agreed to push forward a controversial anti-ASICs consensus algorithm switch known as ProgPoW. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The broader Ethereum community was not pleased, and has spent the last week debating both ProgPoW itself as well as the way decisions in the community get made. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this 101-guide to the controversy, @nlw breaks down:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What is ProgPoW</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The history of the debate</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Arguments for and against</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who falls on what side and why </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The implications of ProgPoW for DeFi</span></li> </ul>