I want to play devil's advocate and push back a little bit on the following statement:

> Staking pools appear to give power to large, centralised custodians, mirroring dynamics seen in traditional finance. There is risk of censorship and government control.

**How are staking pools different than mining pools**, considering that individual stakers can choose a different staking pool, should the staking pool misbehave?

I genuinely want to understand and wait your feedbacks and arguments.


Great to see this point of view articulated in a mainstream (at least in 🇿🇦) tech publication. Rob is an exceptionally strong economics thinker - hope to see more of his content around!

gunson

I do not like going on the defensive here because it makes it seem as if someone deciding who can use energy and who can't is a good idea. But living under such a monopoly will be extremely bad for most people.