> Proof of stake is meant to consume less resources but then the power is then handed to people with the most money?

I'm surprised nobody has caught on to the fact that the present fiat system is in essence a Proof-of-Stake one.

> Coming up with a way to have a decentralised currency where everyone involved gets a fair say without consuming too many resources is a super interesting problem.

Indeed. I almost wonder if it can be proven that thermodynamics is in fact the only possible way to verifiably make something take considerable time and energy, i.e. actually cost in resources that we have no way of faking, especially time.