I know behind the scenes at the code level (or maybe node level) there is a lot of control a developer can have. Is it possible for a corrupt team to make it that only certain people are getting stakes?
Which coin you are talking about, it is possible with POS and hope everyone is able to view the disablity it can cause to the entire structure if a corrupted team is behind the system, it will create a monopoly when everyone is talking about decentralization and you cannot have a fair system with staking.