I can only speak for myself, but I don't want the wealth of the powerful ones, what I want here is that they (the powerful ones) give me the chance to build my own wealth without bureaucracy, without unfair impositions, without having to build wealth for me and for them at same time, that is my point.
If we want to be prosperous we should start by stop glimpsing other's patrimony and focus in our own plans for the future.
About whales controlling the market, it can work on short/medium term, but once people see it became manipulated, the currency will lose its use and essence. Whales will be abandoned with a worthless currency...
Or they will turn it into a centralized market with majority's approval and will keep ruling everything as always, then decentralization fails.