It isn&#x27;t a paradox it is just bad logic (as usual) by the developers of the &#x27;core&#x27; version.  These guys are actively working on taking away transaction fees from the miners yet they will always be fighting the fact that the miners ultimately dictate the network.<p>I don&#x27;t think they are afraid of Chinese miners adopting this, I think they are afraid of everyone else competing with the Chinese miners and the network becoming more decentralized, which would mean they will have a more difficult time disrupting communication and understanding of the issues at hand.  Not to mention it would mean more people they would have to pay to keep from increasing the block size and ultimately using the version from their github repository.