This is the part that nobody is talking about
- Operators may run a gazillion nodes for whatever reason (attack, support etc. etc.)
- This is an open source product.
So whatever somebody can do to attack/support THEY CAN. That includes
- Altering the protocol claimed version
- Adjusting the reported stats
- rewrite the whole node with their own internal code that does XXX
That is the price of decentralisation, it’s the responsibility. So shouts and claims for crippling this group or that will force the hands of people who do have resources to simply make some code changes to support/attack the network.
I feel folk are really missing the point here a lot. We cannot enforce anything really, we have to make the protocol as simple as possible, but then it’s easy to change, as fair as possible, but who is to say what is fair to who. And so on.
The fact nodes cannot create coins, or data etc. is a really big issue here. It was also lost by some people of the importance of that.
What we have is a huge network, that has few rules and we make it as simple as possible, it has NO CENSORSHIP and I hope never ever has. The innovation is in making all of this work with lean nodes with few rules and for that we use cryptographic techniques for data “correctness” and that happen at paying clients. Right now the payment is on another network from the core, and that is currently a good thing, even if costly and cumbersome.
Even the chat in the forum of how we “control” the network and decide which nodes are best for “us” (who is us?) and so on, is, I feel, missing the point.
It has to get out there and work and with the least amount of rules possible.
Emission’s is also causing great concern, but it’s happening as planned, nodes are being paid pro rata, so every single node has the same probability of emissions, just as every single node will have the same probability of data payments. That’s life, that’s what all the people say 
This is why the teams focus is on the biggest technical problems on front of them. That’s where they can make an impact without acting as moral judges, one way or another.
We build it and we keep making it better, the world will decide how best it’s used. I have a ton of ideas, I see many of this forum do a well, but we are off road here, no painted white lines, this is the reality of decentralisation and fairness across the board. The ebbs and flows will alter with use of the network. So let’s get our heads down and build and build and build and then we will all know!!!