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Proof-of-stake has a problem

Right now, proof-of-stakes networks are becoming more and more centralized, because the **same validators** are validating transactions in multiple different blockchains. This has been happening for quite a while, but lately, it's becoming.... weird.

Let me show you guys a few examples:

1.Figment validator

https://preview.redd.it/bo8ol9szbdd81.png?352&format=png&auto=webp&s=77312932396482b80cb81e60bd35989c7c41dd87

https://preview.redd.it/uewi85u1cdd81.png?322&format=png&auto=webp&s=762c470a1f455351668b5b5991c076d805fa5957

2. stakefish

https://preview.redd.it/5mei1yh2ddd81.png?387&format=png&auto=webp&s=985e779c6d6c00f9e60c7c923603788d463cd095

3. Polkachu

https://preview.redd.it/wr720uk9edd81.png?1230&format=png&auto=webp&s=7f145d49e88efa64780c96117b363577b889a6f3

4. Everstake

https://preview.redd.it/dk7tdm2yedd81.png?583&format=png&auto=webp&s=0b3bd897e8b4eba173d79b206a9f3ce7fe99697f

5. Forbole

https://preview.redd.it/qsezgv4ggdd81.png?480&format=png&auto=webp&s=9c88d08752dada4f0c78bce601d26928bc88e986

6. Infstones

https://preview.redd.it/5koe8d0midd81.png?1101&format=png&auto=webp&s=59aab784aa27bdd28da1bdd61916c5b726cc2883

7. Stakely

https://preview.redd.it/n32yq632jdd81.png?499&format=png&auto=webp&s=780194194112a69e7513dba85b06a1bb1d08ce3d

8. Staked us

https://preview.redd.it/oel9ismyjdd81.png?1055&format=png&auto=webp&s=3170ab709f024487eccc08b09c0d5be421ad04f4

https://preview.redd.it/3ytupqh3kdd81.png?804&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa43879633b3d31d807178c3008fe06516794ae2

https://preview.redd.it/vjdg59k4kdd81.png?739&format=png&auto=webp&s=becf1bea15a4fedd0dec15380b6c6a820b476ebd

https://preview.redd.it/g9zokhr5kdd81.png?747&format=png&auto=webp&s=46fc3bd51e8f0a87d5db5e79c177a085464f05ba

Are you guys following the pattern ?

Right now proof-of-stake is becoming more and more centralized, not the blockchains itself, but the validators. The same validators are validating across multiple different networks - and it makes sense, after all, they can have dedicated hardware/marketing team/etc just to do that, and honestly, probably it is extremely profitable.

And it creates one huge problem:

We became dependent of a few set of people/companies that are validating transactions across multiple blockchains

And why is that a problem ? Well, first off, it becomes more and more a system we need to trust. A secondly, it stops being **censorship resistant**. You see, if govs across the world just wanted to delete bitcoin or monero from existence, they couldn't. They would be able to tank the price, probably, but they wouldn't have that much of an effect, because it would be very hard to keep looking for miners across the world, if not impossible.

But validators... it should be decentralized, but it is not. You can easily see where most of these people live and honestly, you can easily track basically all the validators of a network from their websites, specially governments. It becomes so much easier from governments to become able to interfere with the blockchain and, just like that, the censhorship resistance aspect of the blockchain technology no longer exists.

I know you wouldn't be able to just "delete" the blockchain by going after the validators. But you could have so much impact in basically.... all proof-of-stake blockchains by doing so.

Anyways, english is not my first language, so i'm sorry for any grammar mistakes.I just wanted to share this with you guys and get some opinions on it.

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