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No one is getting richer in PoS. The currency inflates at the same rate. It's similar to stock split. You get more shares in the same ratio as the value is reduced.

In PoW, energy is used to mine more coins. Thus, total value of the currency grows.

There's a difference between inflation from thin air, and inflation from added energy / work.



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