Wall Street doesn't give a toss about decentralization. If it turns out the market doesn't either, eventually a competing hard fork will take Core's place.
Smallblockers want to maintain node decentralization by centralizing code development.
I don't see any way to decentralize code development. Competing protocols doesn't seem to be the answer.
everyone codes whatever feather they want
miners vote on the feathers they are ready and willing to accept
once >90% of miners are all accepting a specific feather it is turned on.
core is going to start using this method soon.
But even if 90% of the miners are mining something, it's the nodes that determine the longest valid chain. That's why they can't just fork off at will. Isn't it?