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Ripple chair’s pay-off plan to convince BTC miners to adopt proof-of-stake

Published 12/09/2021, 10:40 PM
Updated 12/11/2021, 12:20 AM
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Ripple executive chairman and co-founder Chris Larsen has unveiled his plan for Bitcoin (BTC) miners to move away from proof-of-work (PoW), saying they should view it as “a net positive for their longevity.”

He argues it could provide a major boost to the share prices of listed mining firms, “as any new code proposal would almost certainly have to include lucrative incentives to gain their support.”

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