You will need some hard checkpoints. In my opinion, a widely disbursed and actively staked coin does not need a checkpoint server. So the centralization would come from the source code, just like the protocol rules do for every coin.
Sorry you would not know who to trust. Votes can be Sybil attacked. You can't use the block chain to determine who is not a Sybil, because the block chain itself can be a mirage when you are trying to sync.
Iamnotback/Shelby does not know what he is talking about!PoS is self-referential. There is nothing you can do to solve that. That is why it is always centralized.
If you mean the source code can be the centralized repository for checkpoints, then yes of course I agree but only to the extent it can upgraded frequently enough. Isn't that just another way of saying "a centralized checkpoint server".
Sorry I don't want to discuss about this more, because it is not interesting. We experts have long since realized this is insoluble.Iamnotback/Shelby does not know what he is talking about, so he will pretend like this discussion is beneath him to save face.He is still an ASSHAT, IMOFor all that don't know, Shelby is Iamnotback's real name.
Although , he is such a liar, who knows.