> If someone puts a gun to my head & tells me to write a hardfork patch, I will definitely write it. If I publish a patch to delete a bunch of accounts, how many people here would download & install the update & switch to that chain? I see few raised hands. This is called decentralization.
Sure, the Ethereum Foundation has substantial influence in the sense that their proposed changes tend to be adopted, but that's because they tend to propose good changes. If they propose a bad change, chances are the community will reject it. If they propose a questionable/controversial change, chances are the community will fork, as with the DAO fork.
> If someone puts a gun to my head & tells me to write a hardfork patch, I will definitely write it. If I publish a patch to delete a bunch of accounts, how many people here would download & install the update & switch to that chain? I see few raised hands. This is called decentralization.
Sure, the Ethereum Foundation has substantial influence in the sense that their proposed changes tend to be adopted, but that's because they tend to propose good changes. If they propose a bad change, chances are the community will reject it. If they propose a questionable/controversial change, chances are the community will fork, as with the DAO fork.