When Ethereum switches to PoS, will the coin supply be capped (no new Ether will be generated anymore) or will new Ether continue to be generated with each new block as usual? If the former is true, then the price should explode if PoS works as planned, so there are no security problems or similar issues. Or am I missing something?
The price can rise for several common reasons:
1. Increase in demand for a coin
2. Reduction in the number of coins in circulation
"1.Ethereum 2 phase 0;
2.EIP-1559;
3.The end of mining; and
4.Ethereum 2 phase 2."
https://www.attestant.io/posts/charting-ethereum-issuance/And after phase 2 we can see 1 and 2 reason, but it’s very difficult to say how long Phase 2 will start.
A very active movement began on the Ethereum.
https://medalla.launchpad.ethereum.org/The required number of validators has been collected, and nothing prevents us from starting phase 0 after the official testnet.
https://medalla.launchpad.ethereum.org/overview"Transfers between validators are disabled until at least phase 1. Validators will have to wait until phase 2 (around two years) to be able to withdraw to a specific shard."
"I understand that I CAN NOT TRANSFER my staked GöETH until at least phase 1, and
I CAN NOT WITHDRAW until phase 2."
"Long-term commitment
"With transfers disabled until at least phase 1, there’s no way for a validator to voluntarily exit and then restart later. This means validators need to be in it for the long haul.
Once I exit, I can not rejoin until at least phase 1. This is a long term commitment."