humm great post and thanks for making it count, I just learned of @anonymint and from a quick glance on his post I do see some merit in his claims, nothing I would comment on for the time being.

I'm happy EOS work is on schedule, I do remember you were even ahead at some point :) I'm looking forward to your next successful venture.

On DPoS I think it's just politics in the end of the day, it doesn't have to be a hard steal of the chain, just a soft collusive draining of the value, which in a way I have seen here, sure it's free-market and open, buuuut you also have loan sharks, vote selling and buying, all kind of points to no point, before quality was on focus or at least that was what was hinted at, now it's money talking...

I do see a lot of merit behind @lukestokes comment, whales are kind of picking witnesses, it will be a while before it get's decentralised, and scaling is yet to be tested, decentralised politics is a new thing :D I was also thinking along the same lines, I'm not sure how it can scale, but that is a topic for another time, when I'm more prepared and have maths or philosophy to back up my claims :) no need to void theorise, which does sound like a great band :D hahah nobody has thought it up :)