Re: DECENTRALIZED crypto currency (including Bitcoin) is a delusion (any solutions?)
No offense, but that question is akin to walking into the Large Hadron Collider complex to ask "Where's the bathroom?" 
Relevant Info:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=CAP+theorem
Relevant Info:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=CAP+theorem
I used this and noticed that http://www.infoq.com/articles/cap-twelve-years-later-how-the-rules-have-changed appears on the 2nd page which is read by noone...
Ive read that many times, and the first time I read it was AFTER I'd formed the basis of theory from which channels operate (believe it or not).
But you are right that is seems that many haven't. Its a very important article of observation.