You do not still get it, mining plays a huge part in the network, but BTC's fate is not determined by miners, there is no single point of failure and nobody alone determines what happens in the network. In this topic you have failed to understand that no one controls the network and the fate of BTC is determined by all of the community.
Yes, I get that it's determined by "the community", but in terms of
actual power, Bitcoin is completely controlled by
the miners. I understand that there's not a single miner, or even a group of miners who control Bitcoin, but anything a
majority of miners wanted, no matter what it is, would simply
happen if that's what they wanted to happen.
You could argue that the miners could vote to do something others wouldn't like, but that doesn't change the fact that they could (collectively) do anything they wanted.
Bitcoin is a symbol of freedom, and there's no freedom in a centralized digital currency. It's important that there's an option to keep Bitcoin in a non-custodial wallet, and that there's an option of taking part in mining. Take those options away, and you're left with a product that nobody wants because we already have fast custodial transactions with fiat.
Since almost all holders of Bitcoin these days do so with a centralized app or broker, you are talking about a very small percentage of people.
Most people like Bitcoin because Bitcoin goes up in value and produces them a profit. I really doubt they care about anything else.
And sovereign currencies aren't digitized, and credit card transactions require an exchange of personal information, so a digital currency, in any form, is a very significant value to the consumer.
