I appreciate all this! And I'd seen mention of it but I haven't looked into it yet, though it's on the list.
I definitely think there is a financial future in crypto, I just havent found my buy-in breaking point yet, and I dont have spare cash to spend wantonly wither, so those are the only two hanging points I have about buying in.
All that being said, I am probably gonna spend some on ETH before they change to Proof of Stake though, and probably make a tony rig to start bidding on blocks, because I think thats the future. that and the current big proof of stake coin (Cardano, I think its built over top of BTC) thats kinda overlooked right now, I think they will blow up in a big way if proof of stake proves to be solid even on a large well established coin like ETH