> If we want decentralization (or even mere stability), we must impose a counterbalancing rule such that each past commit makes one *less* likely to get their next commit pulled. For example, a "one man one commit" policy.

Haha great stuff, NotMike!

Indeed, it’s not enough to keep the block size limit small so that every man can run his own node, we also must also implement your proposed “one man, one commit” policy!  Think of the decentralization if everyone Bitcoin user is also contributing code!    /s

Peter