[jbondeson]

Yes, that is the one-line throw away dismissal of the whole affair if you innately believe that everything we do will always devolve to the status quo.

I reject this form of behavioral nihilism and prefer to believe that ideas can exact change in this world[1] and move people up and out of the status quo, and lament the failure of even efforts I think were doomed from the beginning.

[1] Which isn't to say I reject the notion that a large portion of people are just out to get theirs and to hell with the rest

[Torgo]

I am bullish on Bitcoin, even knowing this potential upcoming split. But as early as 2010 one could read criticism that power would become centralized in miners, it was only logical that if their interests and the communiity's diverged that they would have and exert this extra and very human influence.