Exposed, yes. Challenged, yes. But the financial institutions of the world are gaining influence over the once pure minded developers of cryptocurrencies. The original anarchists who longed for a decentralized currency are quickly becoming outnumbered by the capitalist cryptocurrency developers (such as Ripple) who market their blockchain technologies directly to the financial institutions of the world.
I'm truly surprised we didn't hear more about these developments at Davos.
Forget ripple , blockstream is corrupting things too and they are largly considered bitcoin core. It’s headed in a dangerous direction. I got first time on 5 years of holding bitcoin am gearing it don’t win the battle