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What Is the Difference between Mining and Staking Security Models?

PoW: Energy, Hardware. PoS: Economic, Collateral. $downarrow$ Energy.
Greeks.Live18.11.25

What Is the Difference between Mining and Staking Security Models?

Mining (PoW) secures the network through energy expenditure and computational competition, requiring specialized hardware. Staking (PoS) secures the network through economic commitment, requiring validators to lock up cryptocurrency.

PoS is generally more energy-efficient, while PoW is considered more battle-tested.

How Does the Economic Security Model of PoS Differ from PoW?
How Does the Capital Efficiency of PoS Compare to the Energy Efficiency of PoW?
How Does PoS Improve Energy Efficiency Compared to PoW?
What Are the Security Trade-Offs between PoW’S Energy Expenditure and PoS’s Capital-Locking?

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