Re: Bitcoin XT - Officially #REKT (also goes for BIP101 fraud)
so core devs control all the nodes and miners now 
Core devs control the code that ~85% of the network nodes elect to run. This is presently Bitcoin's greatest point of centralization.
Right. So it wouldn't be unreasonable that Gavin would would ask for "only" 75% consensus to offset the status quo bias.
At least in my opinion.