This is really the main selling point, decentralizing consensus so no one party becomes to big to fail, or so big they are unable to be opposed which leads to tyranny.

The sad part is that the blockchain is the least interesting part of this hype. The interesting part is making all mutations of state require signed inputs which has given a really needed push to the PKC UX. Metamask is fucking amazing and interacting with applications that utilize metamask as the source of identity is so simple, something that you'd be hard pressed to find before all this hype.