Ah, that. Yes, it's troubling, but it was inevitable. It's important to dissect exactly what kind of control they have: network (accessibility) vs. supply (price) vs. narrative (essence). Right now it's just some supply and onramps. It's annoying, but not bad yet.
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Yes
We've already won in the long term, it'll just be some dark years ahead for a bit to sort out and humble the legacy system
The suits aren't ready to get rugged when we don't comply with their version of bcash 2.0