Proof of Stake - Is the Ethereum Network Really Decentralized?

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It's very costly to become a solo validator under the proof of stake system. And so a lot of people who have staked their Ethereum to this point have actually done it through like a staking pool. The issue with this is if there are a bunch of big staking pools that control the majority of transactions on the network and are able to validate most of them, then that country could end up determining what kinds of transactions get validated.

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