Serious projects are not going to talk about them on this forum.
They maybe getting underway with dev now or have been developing.
You really won't know anything about it until the time comes to vote for them.
I think given the launch time and everything else that transpired so close to the holidays some got put on hold until now.
It takes at least a month to develop an MVP of pretty much anything and the general consensus is that if a good programmer spent two weeks really studying and working with graphene they could pick it up and would also get all the support they need from CNX along the way.
So while I understand the frustration.. 3 months from the launch of the 2.0 MVP really is not a whole lot of time for anything to happen.
I will admit though that we are behind schedule on some things that we plan to deliver on the platform that have nothing to do with the current core offering of 2.0, while others will compliment it.
Don't forget.. Private Transactions are coming pretty soon!
When there are so many options for a "good coder" to dive into, why would they come to bitshares? Why wouldn't they just go to ethereum, work with an existing exchange, or start their own thing with bitcoin or any of the other alts worth more than bts? I don't see what advantage BTS has over any of these options...
Wouldn't the best plan of action be for CNX to layout a profitable business idea, and let a new coder or business guy run with it? Wouldn't this show the world that people other than CNX can make money on this chain? I know i'll get the answer "CNX should be the ones monetizing their ideas", but wouldn't offering just 1 small project up be miniscule in risk but great in reward?
There is no fresh blood in BTS... most of the guys still doing work have been around since well before 2.0 ever launched and that group gets smaller by the week.
Good questions.
You choose BitShares rather than starting your own chain because 90% of the work is already done for you and you want pre-existing network effect and low friction economic interactions with other businesses.
You choose BitShares rather than Ethereum if you need performance more than flexibility.
You choose BitShares in addition to Ethereum because you don't want someone else to do that for you.
You choose BitShares over existing exchanges because you want to own your idea, not work for someone else.
This forum is full of great ideas, some of ours and some of others - just waiting for some entrepreneur to pick one up and go. CNX is picking its own best bets and encouraging others to do the same.
There are built in mechanisms for raising funds by referrals and RBAs - supporting almost any business model.
I get contacts from new blood almost every week. Most don't want to give their ideas away before they have a MVP to show the world. Raising funds and working on a product takes time and many fall away before finishing.
But there are still those making steady progress.
So don't assume lack of smoke means there is no fire.
It's just that most entrepreneurs familiar with this forum no longer want to risk being accused of blowing smoke.