We may discover how to eliminate any need to profit from a financial system.
BitcoinUnlimited is ahead of it's time still, Ethereum is a bit further than that.
How much people, power, etc. does it take to maintain a financial/value system, and who can do it better?
Bitcoin is up for bid.
Good luck.
Would this be bad?
I don't think it necessarily has to be bad, even if this would be true.
As long as there is not 1 instance in control, it's still decentralized, no matter if it's bots or humans.
Let us say that at some point 51% of the bots will be controlled by one group. How is that decentralized and how is that good? It might be happening now with Bitcoin. The top Chinese miners could be talking behind closed doors right now.