Regardless of how you define money, regardless of how you define power, that formula is almost always true. Perhaps it's because humans develop a god complex, but the why doesn't really matter. I believe any proper solution to the drama BCH is facing today requires considering that formula.
One possible solution I've come up with is to stop using the reference client as a production client at all. This decision should be an easy one to make without the need to even consider who is behind the client or what they've done. However, if that's only clear with hindsight, we have real life examples to consider. If the reference client was only to be used for reference years ago, Blockstream could never have pushed the narrative that Core is the law and everything else is an altcoin. If the reference client was only to be used for reference today, ABC could not define an address where coins MUST be funneled.
This doesn't solve all of our problems, especially not immediately, after all, we are humans, and everyone wants the best. However, it's become increasingly clear that all aspects of a decentralized currency must be decentralized before it can withstand that formula. Centralizing development has been our biggest mistake, but there's still time to fix it.
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Good article