Developers override proof of work consensus.

This is necessary because Monero doesn't have a security budget large enough to defend against even a very small state actor.

This is also one of the reasons why the developers keep changing the hash algorithm.

Monero is completely dependent on trusting the core developers every step of the way.

Monero proponents errornously believe it is an alternative to bitcoin because they have failed to understand the Bitcoin security model and what problem it solves: