With a community that's decentralized it's not possible to centralize it gradually or abruptly as you would lose the community in the process. And with Hive, if you lose the community, you will lose all value. This is what was attempted by Steemit and it was a complete failure because the community was already only suitable for decentralization. Investors who are smart and who have been in the game for a while know what to look for and they're more interested in results rather than operations. Centralization is easier to explain at first meeting but once the numbers come out and we can show stability, people understand.