I found that some merit source application have been submitted such as AakZaki, Charles-tim and skarais which I met on the meta board but I don't know if those application have been considered or not.
I do not know about AakZaki and the time he applied, but I know of
crwth,
skarais and
myself. Before the three of us applied, total merit sources were 111, while still 111 till today. No one among the three has been accepted.
I propose we increase the total number of Bitcoin from 21 million to 30 million and use the 9 million new BTC to make sure Bitcoiners are prepared to face this Merit Crisis.
Bitcoin is completely decentralized. This might lead to another hardfork, I believe bitcoin community is trying their best to move forward without further hardfork. Just my opinion.
I suggest implementing a new merit distribution program without merit sources, where everyone gets the same amount of merit every week regardless of their contribution.
To make it more decentralized. But hope this won't lead to low quality posts.