Quote from: BitUsher on February 09, 2016, 12:23:36 AM

At the time when Satoshi wrote that, CPU power was synonymous with Full nodes. This distinction has changed over the years. Now there are differences in the vote and influences of a full node and mining full node.

Satoshi was well aware of the direction the network would take as it scaled. Your view is oft repeated by experts (who do/should know better), so I can see how you might have picked it up along the way.

Quote from: Cconvert2G36 on January 30, 2016, 01:05:32 AM

Quote from: Luke-Jr on January 30, 2016, 12:39:42 AM

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Also keep in mind that back when Satoshi was around, the idea was that every node would be a miner among equals. That is no longer the case.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=532.msg6306#msg6306

The technical experts you derive your arguments from have always thought that the network needed paternal stewardship.

The mindset reminds me of an excerpt from Mustapha's Chorus Sacerdotum.

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"Created sick, commanded to be sound."

If it was true, it would probably mean guaranteed failure at some point in the future. Thankfully it isn't, and our consensus mechanism is built in, as described up thread.