We've been thinking hard about this VERY topic you write: whether the miners have taken over bitcoin and run it's transactional nature into the ground in favor of creating a ponzi scheme. As part of our discovery process, we also wanted to post some findings about our search for "Who is Satoshi?"....

enjoy: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@harpooninvestor/did-nick-szabo-solve-nick-szabo-s-biggest-bit-gold-problem