[s17n]

Ultimately a cryptocurrency needs a functional governance model to survive - it has to be possible to update the code, and so people have to decide somehow on which version is valid, and this creates the opportunity for a power structure to exist, and where there is such an opportunity, someone will fill it. Having a "hero" in charge is not the best way but Bitcoin is a fucking mess right now.

[Kelab]

Heard of delegated proof of stake? The inventor moves on and the project is still alive and thriving

No hero needed just honest nodes

[s17n]

Nodes will always be able to organize outside of the mechanisms provided by the code. Managing this phenomenon is what governance is all about.