Bitcoin maximalists say that decentralization is impossible with a new crypto because adoption can't happen naturally.
The thing is that it can happen when you people are constantly ignoring a coin like Hive. The worst thing that could happen to hive is if it gets mass adoption tomorrow with super whales with bitcoin wallets the size of hive's marketcap.
I would take natural exponential growth over anything else. If The hive hodlers were not so committed I would be afraid of whales buying too much hive. But I know I am not selling powered up hive and a lot of others too.
Stakeholders don't run Hive. The community does. Few.
Hostile stakeholders that wish to impose centralization will be met with a rude awakening from a wealthy layer zero.