The 'threat' of competition is competition itself and DPoS is as secure as any, so I agree with you, HIVE will be one of the big winners ... wouldn't be here though if I didn't think that. 😏

Would also like to see the number of witnesses expanded ...

In-so-far as the following:

A lot of people make the claim that DPOS governance is trash because money buys you a bigger vote.

I think a comparison with a co-op might be the best. It's democratic, but also proportionate to each member's investment, and logically so. I don't think anyone would argue against that, and I think it fairly well defines HIVE. We're really a cooperative.