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I think no one disagrees on "why" of the decentralization. Too big to fail is a problem.

The real question is "how to decentralize?". How will disputes be solved in a decentralized economy? Many of the answers hover around - well, the code and game theory will take care of it.

And that IMO, shows a weak understanding of human nature. Nature is unpredictable, people will find a way to overt a decentralized economy while playing within rules.

A good example is mining. The manipulation of Status ICO by F2Pool:

https://steemit.com/ethereum/@dhumphrey/f2pool-manipulates-u...

They had only 25% ie less than 51% of hashing power but were still able to avert network rules.

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