BTE could really use some help, they can't even confirm transactions in under a month or thereabouts.
Spiral of death happened to BTE. Difficulty readjusts every 2016 blocks. Right after one new rounds started, hashpower quickly moved and because the difficulty was too high and the hashrate is too low and the difficulty round started a while ago, it takes much longer to crack each block. Not 10 minutes, but hours and hours. ASICs will definitely help that.