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When Bitcoin switched to Proof-of-Stake with its update “The Merge”, the old disputes about mining were reborn. “Is PoW protected from taking over by raw computing power? Is PoW “green” enough?” and “reasonable” are asked by many authorities from many different countries, and lead influencers of the blockchain industry. Alternatives of classic PoW mining can answer these statements easily and prove that PoW-mining has too many problems. Here comes PoD-blockchain consensus - "The truth of actions is defined by stored data".