So I asked Bram Cohen 'what TF is going on' ..and he responded

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Just mused on that pooling thing here

Profitability Switching: PoST vs. PoW

I’m not sure I get the nuance, so allow me to challenge. Chia claims to be Proof o SpaceTime. This devolves on the one hand into a Proof of Stake in case of 0 netspace growth, This devolves asymptotically into Proof of Work as netspace growth is very high So we are somewhere inbetween {cue Twilight Zone theme ) While the investment is as you say lopsided in theory {large one time plotting cost followed by a low upkeep cost), everyone that paid their dues in IT will know that upkeep …