When asics hit btc, chinese already dominated mining and votes, so nothing core could do to prevent it cause they are the largest coinholders. Bitcoin has not been decentralized for a long time and the bitcoin price manipulation is huge, they crash the market when they want and buy bitcoin when they want.
Core could have said NO! Just like Monero team said....
My bet to Monero Network is 350Mh/s after the fork.....