I made my case that Artos should open up expressions of interest to make a dev team here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=349198.msg4594734#msg4594734I think his issue is trust - the fear that someone may join the dev team and then copy the mixing code and give it to another coin. However, if he opens up expressions of interest he can sift through the post history of different people to see who is most reliable. People like R-T-B and Zavtra seem to be very trustworthy judging by their comments and how long and active they've been as part of this community and I'd recommend he brings them on board - R-T-B has already expressed his interest.
It is frustrating having a Single Point Of Failure with this coin. It also makes people hesitant to support/invest in this coin as its future is uncertain. I am well aware that the mixing feature will definitely take some time, and I have no doubt Artos is working hard on it. But if we don't get there first, SBC will die (unless there turns out to be a huge problem with the anonymizing features of zerocoin/anoncoin, buying us more time).
Also, Artos, could you please update the original post with the 1.5 clients, as well as add links to the CoinedUp and Coins-E SBC/BTC markets in the exchanges section of the website:
CoinedUp:
https://coinedup.com/OrderBook?market=SBC&base=BTCCoins-E:
https://www.coins-e.com/exchange/SBC_BTC/