I think the BTC developers have as much actual power as Barry Soetero did.
I said in early 2013 that I could have BTC developed and the network upheld, all by my own decision if needed.
Now, 4 years after, would it have been too bad as you now see what did happen...?

being stuck at 3.3 tx per second maybe allright for now but i feel that when the
real big money moves in they will swat away the
neckbeards core devs like mosquitos and replace them with with their own guys ......
a govt ,nation or financial group with deep pockets could simply buy up the mining farms and steer the project in the direction of their liking ,if btc ends up being a valuable financial instrument for international trade the fiat used to buy control over it at todays prices will be insignifigant .........
Vinny Lingham has made accurate predictions before and he has similar thoughts on the matter and predicts that governments will be the largest buyers of btc in 2017
https://vinnylingham.com/bitcoin-2016-there-has-been-an-awakening-164b42d38927#.3c9jkwofc