question from a noob on this coin to others who've been more closely following it.
Would appreciate it if someone could summarise what's special about it?
XDQ is not designed so much as a currency but as an arbitrage tool and financial buffer.
were basic aspects ready at launch - wallet, blockexplorer, website, whitepaper and/or features, etc. - or is the [ANN] promise-heavy?
I don't launch coins will full services to allow the community to participate. Much of what exists beyond the wallets are community contributions.
have the devs lived up to their promises?
The timeline has specific promises built in. There's some FUD regarding the buy back amount, but I didn't put it in cold storage and the addresses rotated. It's still all there.
Any hidden problems -
premines?
instamines?
Never. None of my coins ever contain any such code.
well distributed? is there a rich list?
I don't think anyone has made a rich list yet.
buggy code?
I forgot to update the tray icon at release.
are these are hard core programmers, not "copy-paste" devs or middlemen? When bugs/fork challenge pop up, are they fixed quickly?
dev squabbles?
dev complacency?
missed deadlines?
Is the entirte dev team anonymous -- and even if so, does it at least have a solid reputation here on bitcointalk?
Anything to worry about?
blocktech.com
No, we are not anonymous and we don't have those problems.
When is the next significant development update (code, screenshots and/or whitepaper/proof-of-concept or something else) expected to come out?
At least a month.