I don't believe that is true. A trusted exchange is good don't get me wrong, but it is not a coin killer to not be on it. There are some highly valued coins that have a terrible user interface, so as users adopt cryptocurrency less techy people (aka people not on bitcoin forums) will look to something that is easy to use with good support. This coin has that going for it and if enough promise is seen by people, then investors may jump on board and help fund new parts. But when you don't have a gui like monero doesn't, you severely limit the scope of your coin. Espers is way ahead of many coins with higher value. They are trying new things and took a big risk by making such a large amount of coin. But if people take the time to look at what this coin offers and how fast it is even with so many coins, it blows almost all other altcoins out of the water. It's a coin for everyone. It's probably to late to invest in bitcoin or litecoin for most people but you can jump on board with this. I'm quite optimistic about it.