Yeah, I've honestly been so impressed with how well this decentralized community has built something amazing... but, and I might just not know enough about it, there is a possibility if that 2 or 3 people leave, the whole blockchain could be in trouble from a development point of view.

If something else becomes more profitable, it's possible we could see a max exodus that completely devalues both $HIVE and $HBD. I don't think it's likely given all that Hive has survived, but it's not impossible. I honestly do hope it lasts forever and grows over time as social media and advertising-run websites become too hard to make money on.