Why Ethereum is switching to proof of stake and how it will work
Published Date: 3/4/2022
Source: technologyreview.com
The market for NFTs—tokens that represent digital art, music, videos, and the like—soared last year to $44 billion. This brought a lot of attention to Ethereum, the blockchain network where most NFTs are bought and sold. It also brought a lot of attention to something else: the massive energy wastefulness of cryptocurrency mining.  Blockchains don’t…