Everything you just said is the opposite. Luke built an alternative client - that is literally decentralizing at the node level. His views on privacy are irrelevant here because Bitcoin was not originally intended to be private, that is simply a narrative to be debated (there good arguments for both sides here). However - Bitcoin was originated shipped implementing a fully public, transparent base layer. Also ad hominem attacks on Kratter are irrelevant- especially since he’s been honest about his past life and addressed this fully. The truth is that core is attempting to centralize Bitcoin at the node level and they failed. No amount of VC funding can change Bitcoin because Luke decentralized it. If Luke makes unwanted changes, another client will emerge, offer stricter rules and decentralize it further. But the era of people attempting to control BTC at the social/node level is over. #bip110