Beri does not respond to that. You'd have to say "beri, pridi" in her owner's voice (this cat isn't really mine, it's the neighbours', but she spends like 5 hrs per day on average in our apartment).
Proof of Stake only shines compared to Proof of Work. There's no consensus algorithm that isn't blown out of the water by conventional database tech performance-wise and there never will be because of the network character of blockchain tech.
Why do you use Lemmy, which is far less efficient than a centralized system, because of its network character?
I agree that a lot of cryptocurrencies are scams, but if you're worried about inefficiency, you can use proof of stake crypto, such as Polkadot. It uses as much energy as 5 households iirc. Even if everyone can see transactions, no one can take that money away from you, which banks can easily do.
Blockchain tech never was meant for privacy (how could it with the ledger being public?)
Stuff like Monero can hide that. And even bitcoin is better than banks. You don't have to link your identity to a Bitcoin wallet, meanwhile some banks even want a sample of your voice.
Sock pics or it didn't happen