you argue
Nonsense. Mining is centralized by "do this, or else meet my hashrate".
but then slap your own argument down with
Ultimately they are easily replaceable,
so which is it.
dynamics has the hard consensus of nodes and pools. which means NODES can vote against pools.
its CORE that have bypassed nodes consent(going soft).
i think your more angry at pools because of something that core actually caused. but not willing to admit a choice core made by going soft that backfired.
you wont admit core went wrong by going soft and giving pools the only vote because you want to remain ademant that core are kings and gods.
your also thinking that devs are immortal and will be around for the next 100 years and bitcoin cannot survive without your special immortant team of kings.
wake up to your own fairy tale your clinging onto
devs do come and go, devs do switch teams.
dvs move onto different projects all the time.. so devoting your desire towards a dev, instead of the longevity of whats right for bitcoin and the community is your own failure