Interesting how this question is yet to be answered

I also find it interesting that folks here jump all over Ripple calling it a centralized coin, even though node operators are free to choose any desired validators (which are not anonymous).

But these same people think that Dash is not centralized, but as a node operator you have no choice but to trust any masternode that has put up 1,000 Dash even when that masternode (and all other masternodes) are completely anonymous.

LOL!!!!