A coin needs continuous development and marketing.
Paying these things from donations is not a business model.
You need a piece of the created coins to pay for this so that all coinholders pay their part of the bill.
Fully agree. There needs to be a dedicated reserve for marketing, UX & development in order to attract a larger community and to secure the future of Byteball.
Right now if Tony dies the project is over and out, so witnesses can still be centralised in Tony, as the project is still fully dependent on him anyway. Over time though it is indeed important that more people take on leadership roles so that the project can go on without him if necessary, and indeed witnesses become more decentralised as well.
Are there any known plans for the foreseable future to decentralise the witnesses?
In my opinion, this is quite a big risk that should be addressed in a timely manner.
Even though I like the innovative technology & distribution of Byteball, I really hope Tony will expand the team and decentralise the tech & community more.