​Bitcoin proponent claims PoS rewards aren't 'yields,' Vitalik | Crypto Shake

​Bitcoin proponent claims PoS rewards aren't 'yields,' Vitalik snaps back.

Buterin responded to criticism by claiming PoW-based mining rewards are not much different from the PoS system, however, Wertheimer was quick to point out the differences.

Independent developer and Bitcoin proponent Udi Wertheimer created quite a buzz on Crypto Twitter earlier on Monday after he claimed that a proof-of-stake (PoS) based yield reward system for staking is more of a penalty for non-stakers.

Wertheimer, who is a well-known Ethereum critic, believes that the PoS staking reward system isn't exactly a yield reward. In PoS staking, a user cannot do anything with their staked ETH, while those who don’t stake their tokens and participate in other network activities aren’t rewarded.

With thEthereum Merge just a couple of days away, the sly on the PoS system didn’t really go down well with the Ethereum community, including co-founder Vitalik Buterin.