title_body: To what extent does Cardano's "off-chain governance" in the form of a Board of Directors pose a threat to Cardano's mission of being decentralized? On 31 March 2021, Cardano reached &quot;100% decentralization&quot; meaning that 100% of the blocks are produced by the stake pools.
  An excellent introduction about Cardano decentralization is given here, but Cardano does have a Board of Directors (often known as &quot;off-chain governance&quot;, as opposed to the &quot;on-chain governance&quot;).
  I wonder, to what extent (if any) could the &quot;centralization&quot; of the off-chain governance in the form of a Board of Directors pose a threat to Cardano's overall notion of being 100% decentralized from an on-chain perspective?
upvoted_answer: It won't once all parts of the Cardano road map are complete. Voltaire isn't complete yet, but once it is. The Board of Directors at Cardano foundation do not have the power to control or change the network. This process is being done in multiple steps, like staking and SPOs are now 100% community-produced blocks.
  Check out project Catalysts as it is the foundation to what Voltaire completion will bring.