In Proof of Stake, the network (roughly!) allocates rewards for validating transactions based on the amount of coins you have, i.e., your stake in the network.
In Proof of Space, the network allocates rewards based on you proving that you are really storing the data you were supposed to store. If you fail to produce a proof for some data item the network expected you to have stored, you lose the reward.
Another important wrinkle is that Chia’s proof-of-space needs you to prove you’ve stored the right cryptographic noise - rather than, for example, any useful data.
No - it’s a bit more like preprinting big ranges of lottery tickets, that require giant look-up tables moreso than raw computation.
So it requires the dedication of some hard/rivalrous real resource, storage space, other than either strictly energy/CPU (PoW) or the protocol’s own tokens (PoStake).
The vast majority of its population, 75%+, lives in Europe. Just because their current leader is worsening its ties with the West does not make Russia any less part of Europe.
My point was more when people say they're "going to Europe" they never mean they're going to Russia. If they're going to Russia they say they're going to Russia and not Europe. Russia is culturally and geographically unique.
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