Don't succumb to the illusion of decentralization. There is no cryptocurrency that is truly decentralized. This isn't new information. It is currently impossible to make cryptocurrencies "decentralized" by your definition. It doesn't have to abide by your idealistic set of crypo-ethical values to hold value and appreciate in price. I bet that's why you think Ripple is also worth $0. It has commercial scale. No other cryptocurrency can do what EOS does. It has a proper governance structure. The mainnet was launched very recently. Anyone who wasn't expecting a bunch of hiccups probably doesn't understand how evolution occurs. Ethereum had a bunch of hiccups when it came out as well. People still call Ethereum trash. Having 21 block producers is equivalent to a parliamentary system. Dan Larimer has already produced other successful cryptos anyways. It is meant for commercial uses not for you to buy a pizza so stop peddling idealism when it wasn't developed for it. DPOS is decentralized by definition.

Please tell me how EOS is a scam. I'm all ears.