There are others involved with the chain development, such as @howo. However, there is a simple fact that you cant have everyone coding on the base layer or else it would crash. Not everyone is qualified to do that.

However, since we, at least in theory, allocate the funds to BT through out proposal votes, it is a community effort. Of course, that is where the discussion about the DAO comes in, which is an entirely different conversation.

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