>”But I still argue that the best solution lies in a decentralized model, one where the individual, not a new elite, is empowered.”

I’m not arguing against that at all.

Ancaps don’t dispute natural hierarchies, Auth-anything’s certainly don’t either - only AnComs are stupid enough to believe in leaderless utopias. Because we see these form regardless of superstructure; it’s human nature to have leaders. 

I too would like that superstructure to be decentralised. I too would like the new elite to be more figureheads than actually be empowered.

None of that is counter to my argument, it’s just a shallow understanding on your part of how humans organise societies.

How powerful the new elite class turns out to be is within our power to control, because Bitcoiners will own the means of production at the outset of the system. We can be the ones to set the rules in motion.

Turning a blind eye and pretending we’re going to turn into an entirely meritorious homogeneous blob of humans is to ignore all of history and every system which has ever been. It’s just not how things work in reality so rather than leave everything to random chance I’d say it’s better to be the ones with the guiding hand over the levers of control than leave it to chance.