You could also argue that the main reason bitcoin was adopted by those who bought it was to get in on the ground floor and have the unfair advantage themselves.
Bitcoin hasn't solved corruption or unfair advantage, it just moves it out of the hands of the few politicians and bank executives in charge to the few running a handful of mining pools.
There are still people pulling the strings that can, and have, changed the rules along the way. Even the magic number of how many bitcoins will ever be produced can be changed, that limit is no more real than the gold standard that was killed with the stroke of a pen.
Bitcoin hasn't solved corruption or unfair advantage, it just moves it out of the hands of the few politicians and bank executives in charge to the few running a handful of mining pools.
There are still people pulling the strings that can, and have, changed the rules along the way. Even the magic number of how many bitcoins will ever be produced can be changed, that limit is no more real than the gold standard that was killed with the stroke of a pen.