I'm very disappointed about the news to say at least. Sampey will consider Quatloo as a competitor that is costing him market share. Also he has a differrent approach. He is selling his bot for BTC whereas Quatloo is conditional freeware that requires QTL to run. Quatloo trader and CAT are the only two well known bots that don't require to give your trading information to a third party (e.g. opposed to the online bots where you have to log into a website and which potentially could steal your trading strategy. I would avoid those).

Quatloo has a unique position in the market and it would be a total waste if the code isn't transferred to a new developer. The task is up to Fyrstikken if he really cares about the coin. Don't accept the first best developer who crosses your way, search for a good one who is interested to develop Quatloo long term.

Quatloo is a brand name and you don't waste opportunities like this, you seize the opportunity.

To find a new developer Markus will have to let go some of his Quatloo stash. After all he shouldn't promote his software as nearly ready and then not finishing it. The new developer could receive Quatloos via an escrow system where Quatloos are transferred to him when reaching pre-defined development milestones. There could also be 2 or 3 developers who share the development.

There is a lot of support for Quatloo in the community.