Are rumors about CREA migration to POS and masternodes true?
The main objective of the CREA Core is to achieve greater equity and decentralization of its governance. Currently the CREA blockchain uses the POW Keccak consensus algorithm. This consensus is very valid and fulfills its main purpose but we see that in the near future the decentralization of the platform may be affected if we continue to use this system. The professionalization of mining in specialized farms and the possible imminent appearance of an ASIC for the Keccak algorithm can make the distribution of CREA focus on fewer people. Another problem that we see in the medium term has to do with the increase in the energy expenditure involved in cryptocurrency mining and the ecological footprint that this could cause in the future. When a blockchain with POW consensus system is concentrated in a few pools or farms with a large hash power can generate a lot of pressure in the control and the price of the cryptocurrency, something not recommended for the community of CREA.
To anticipate these possible scenarios, the CREA team is already working on an ecological and decentralized solution that meets the needs of a blockchain that serves a social platform. We want the growth of the network not to be based on vertical competitions such as the POW or the POS.
The POW consensus system benefits only those who produce more energy and hardware and POS benefits the richer ones who retain and do not use their coins.
We are currently working on an alternative that provides a long-term solution to these problems and the system that best suits our needs would be in accordance with the Proof-of-Importance (POI).
Proof-of-Importance (POI) is a blockchain consensus mechanism that is similar to PoS, but introduces several important innovations. PoI will assign a score to the participants based on their participation in the system or the Creativechain platform. Instead of assigning it only in its resources (amount of coins) as does the POS or the DPOS, this turns out to be a very useful incentive because it prevents the participants of the system from simply accumulating money. In PoI, those who make more transactions, donations, publications or interactions with other users (more money moves), the more points they receive. It is a system that punctuates the coins that a user has, but also the active use made of this funds generating a balance that benefits the entire network.
This score is what determines the chances that a user’s node finds a block and harvests the reward in CREA. To be constituted as a node that collects CREA, it will be necessary to have a minimum amount of CREA frozen.
This system will undoubtedly distribute the currency much more and, above all, distribute it among the direct participants of the Creativechain content distribution platform.
POI is the system that uses the NEM blockchain platform.
Although we believe that this is a good idea, it is not yet the definitive one, so the Creativechain team will continue to inform its community of the progress of this implementation in the CREA blockchain and will present a whitepaper explaining the technical details of this update.
https://www.creativechain.org/roadmap/