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I think some of the takes here miss the mark for what is actually relevant. It is true that Pectra will improve staking economics. The same amount of stake requires far fewer resource, making it more capital efficient. The question we have to ask n the research side is how much economic security is "enough". We don't want to have more than 30% of ETH staked for various reasons. Staked ETH doesn't increase Ethereum's utility function, which is where the actual value accrual takes place. And further, more staking increases centralization risks while at the same time reducing real yield. At a certain point the amount of economic security becomes less important. Because what really matters is the quality of this security, and what it actually secures.

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