Do you know who owns all the bitcoins? 10 million were mined in the first 4 years, so they did certainly not accumulate 10 by the time Satoshi left but by now? Are Bitcoins accounted for to a degree that would not leave 10 million to some government agency that bought it via thousands of accounts on exchanges over the years, whenever a pump was desired for their narrative?
I'm not saying this is what went down but if that were what went down then yes, it would matter a lot.
You’re right, but i think your concern is as over exaggerating as frivolity of my original statement. I won’t argue that social and ideological side of Bitcoin is no less important than the technical one, but the protocol works like clockwork with numerous non-special-agent devs and users.
Ownership of coins does not give one any more power over decision making.
I do agree that consequences would be stronger than i thought when writing this post, but i doubt it would be a disaster.
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