How does the EOS governance model fit in with the blockchain ethos of decentralization?
In the past, the EOS network has been forced to answer to allegations regarding this very question.
In October 2018, when the EOS mainnet was only active for five months at that point, Block.one CEO Brendan Blumer released a statement in response to a report that accused the major Block Producers of collusion and mutual voting. In the statement, Blumer pointed to the infancy of the EOS network and made no effort to deny the claims — although also not confirming them.