Okay, so let's recap what I've learned today:

1. Decentralization is orthogonal to security. We build decentralized systems for shits a giggles.

2. Latency in distributed systems is the time it takes for a confirmation to propagate from you to your neighbor's flat. If the distance between the two parties is longer, then it no longer counts as latency.

3. You can simultaneously have a geographically distributed, diverse set of pseudonymous and frequently-changing proposers and cater towards power users who collocate.

4. Stake distribution have no impact on protocol security. The most optimal design for a blockchain is to yolo the entire supply to a single validator.

Fantastic day. Full of learnings.