> Users have the money. If there's a fork, users can value one side higher than the other and then developers and miners will follow the money.

As the article shows, BTC's user side of the equation is actually controlled by a small group of investors. Thus, users like you and me have absolutely zero control or influence over the value of BTC, and are vulnerable to the manipulation done by this small group of investors.

We already saw BTC's value tank to half in a matter of days. How do you explain that as being something that meets the users' best interests?