doesn't matter....
important is how dedicated they are

look at doge do u think the devs there are rocket scientists?
dedicated devs and the community are the success factors

basical most coins are are a copy of bitcoin litecoin peercoin code

in dmd case its a peercoin copy

but with in my opinion superior settings for longterm success

the coin base setup is very good

required is more than anything else marketing

i understand u have invested a lot and own maybe the biggest dmd share

so my question is what do u do to make ur investment a good one?

as a so called whale u could try to get in contact with devs and offer to pay bounties for tasks u wana have completed

example u want a dedicated dmd forum
how about offer 500 dmd as a bounty for it?
want some promotion? how about starting a bounty for good dmd campaign with rewards deepend on how creative the campaign is

there might be people who wana enter dmd but don't have mining gear and don't have cash

this people could do great things to get their hands on some diamonds