I'd been planning in investing on Skycoin, but now not so much. I could see spreading the distribution out over as much as six months, but five years is a bit ridiculous. In five years, I'd wager 98% of the altcoins in existence today are going to be long forgotten. Just because Skycoins would still be in distribution at that point does not guarantee it will still be around. Some early adopters making a bit of money isn't necessarily bad for a coin, it generates buzz and gets people interested. What will keep Skycoin in the game are a smart design and innovative features -- unless the distribution is totally botched and unfair, it's only a small part of the equation. I'd argue the Bitshares AGS is probably the best distribution concept I've seen as of yet. Those things said, the dev seems to make decisions by ideological decree instead of logic and consensus, so I don't know why I'm wasting my breath. Goodbye Skycoin, best of luck to you all.