Well that burst of activity dried up rather quickly.
Any further word on the possibility of a new block explorer?
That is rather strange. Dev appears suddenly with some news about Ziftr 11 days ago and then disappears. Also, I don't see anything new or exciting that has happened to Ziftrcoin, so I think this coin is lost unless something big happens. I was going to invest into this coin, but I'll guess I'll hold my BTC until I see something promising. A new block explorer would be a great start.

There was some mention of what might be happening and the rough estimate of 2 weeks for phase 1. I think I'll give another week or 2 before I lose
all faith on the matter
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I'll throw out a ballpark of 2 weeks to finish phase 1.
I don't think we'll be looking into a network change anytime soon, maybe once we've gotten the merchant network using the coin.
I'm still laying out a concrete plan on what types of promotions we want to run. If you have any suggestions feel free to shoot me a PM or discuss it here! The goal will be to tie every 'giveaway' to an actual purchase that will help our participating merchants out as well.