Start here and read backwards in this thread where @matt_odell anticipates the abuse of proof-of-stake by exchanges several quarters in advance
Organizations in charge of maintaining custody for users that only want exposure to price are often big fans of a) forks b) airdrops and c) proof-of-stake - all are methods for gaining more coins just by holding keys to existing coins
If all you need to earn more coins is access to credentials for wallets of existing coins, over time I'd expect any proof-of-stake chain to devolve into cartel of botnet operators, nation-state affiliated APT actors, and beleaguered exchanges constantly fighting off hackers.
...if only because those three sets of actors seem to do the best job of securing credentials and obtaining sets of credentials of other people.
I'd expect this to hold true until/unless staking is less profitable than whatever else they could be doing with those credentials.
I'd expect this to hold true until/unless staking is less profitable than whatever else they could be doing with those credentials.
