I will say that it wasn't due to people not being welcomed to help.. just gonna he honest..in a room full of 100+ people and a few posts inviting anyone who wanted to get involved (many “unknowns” were added due to their response there) - it was still only a few doing the work. I understand how it can look maybe like a closed loop, but I think there was actually quite a decent shake in the top witnesses and some people stepped up more than others. We are seeing the response to that I believe.

Imo this should become more decentralized overtime and we need to make a conscious effort to do so, but at the end of the.. not many people want to do the work when it's easier to just get the easy rewards etc.

I hope this improves and we as a community have the tools needed, or the base layer set up, that allows anyone who wants to to contribute. But yes, I think many are there due to work they did to launch Hive. The three devs proposals I'm voting for anyways are for that reason, as they are the ones working.