Helloo @chekohler

You caught me off base (Me has agarrado fuera de base), is a phrase that we commonly use here, to indicate that by carelessness I have let myself make an OUT (baseball terms

What you're asking me is whether combining both protocols would ensure a better decentralization?

I don't know ...

Your approach sounds interesting, but it could be that the PoS mechanism works as follows: renting to the miners of the PoW. In this way, the pools would be chosen by means of a selection of those who have invested the most money. From that point of view, I still see the same case of centralization.

I'll keep an eye on your answer.