> It's not a lottery in the sense you're describing if you can predict your earnings.

It would also be possible to predict your earnings from participating religiously in any lottery

Capital holders who allocate more to machines who do work should be rewarded, it's actually the basics of free market capitalism.

> I absolutely never said otherwise. I don't know why you would assume so. You're having a visceral reaction towards the words Proof-Of-Stake rather than the content of what I said.

Proof of Stake requires no investment in machines who do work.

> Sure, the consensus mechanism of a shitcoin dosen't. But the point here is that Bitcoin mining requires only (mostly) investment. The amount of personal benefits you get from it is 95% proportional to the amount of capital you put in.

But you are exhibiting communistic vibes in your OP.

You place preference or look at positively an experience with which capital expenditures are increased - yet no benefit is given.

> I don't understand what you're saying here but I never said mining was bad.