also the codebase xmr inherited from bytecoin was really messy etc, that's why development seems slow... but lots of developments already happened since launch in april 2014... just not the really visible kind (like a bling bling GUI, which actually is almost ready now)...
Well, your arguments do not really stack up.
Bytecoin which Monero was forked from has 100% refactored code - and managed to release gui as well as many of the 'under the hood' changes that Monero fan boys claim is taking place with their code to excuse the absence of visible ones.
Refactored node
RocksDB Database
New API
Blocksize increase
Fusion Transactions
On-blockchain aliases
many, many more
Then, when;
a:)They can't provide an argument or evidence to support their case
b:) They can't delete said arguments by deleting them from their 'scientology' style threads
They resort to nasty tactics like spamming peoples trust (proof? Take a look at mine - no bad trading just Monero trust spamming) or attacking people in random threads that have nothing to do with Monero.They kept to their own moderated thought-police threads, to a large extent, after the great Spamero Backlash but
this recent pump seems to have emboldened them again.Disclaimer - I don't own any cryptonote currency