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Why proof of stake rewards people who already have tokens

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Decentralized finance promised an egalitarian revolution but simply automated standard plutocracy instead. Proof of stake validation systems literally reward users with new digital tokens based entirely on how many tokens they already hoard. The code explicitly dictates that those with the largest initial capital automatically get more power and wealth without doing any actual work.

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