<i>&quot;The proof-of-work also solves the problem of determining representation in majority decision making.&quot;</i><p>Right. The miners rule Bitcoin. That&#x27;s the way it was set up. The big miners are[1]:<p><pre><code>    F2pool     28%
    AntPool    22%
    BitFury    16%
    BTCCpool   12%
    all others 22% 
</code></pre>
All the miners listed are in China.  They all communicate and have issued joint statements in the past.[2]  Their position is that the next block size jump should be to 8MB, but there&#x27;s no rush to implement it.<p>What bugs Gavin and the &quot;core Bitcoin developers&quot; is that they&#x27;re not in charge. The &quot;Bitcoin Foundation&quot; is broke and irrelevant.[3]<p>The original idea of Bitcoin was that mining would be something done as an idle activity on user&#x27;s PCs. Today, Bitcoin mining is done in big sheds holding thousands of racks of special-purpose machines, located in cold climates and near power stations.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blockchain.info&#x2F;pools" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blockchain.info&#x2F;pools</a>
[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;JUnQcue" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;JUnQcue</a>
[3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-12-30&#x2F;the-final-days-of-the-bitcoin-foundation-" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloomberg.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2015-12-30&#x2F;the-final-...</a>