Bitcoin is exquisitely engineered to provide all manner of leverage to those defending against hostile forks.  It is beyond ultra-conservative; it is unapologetically royalist and reactionary.

MP and his Knights Of Satoshi will be fighting a downhill battle to secure the network, with the sun blinding the enemy and the invisible hand obliterating the aggressors faster than they can retreat.

"In Winterfell 500 men can hold out against 10,000." -Ned Stark