You're not late, you're early.
Weeks left until *second* distribution round begins.
In case if you didn't see it:
A solution already exists, exchange your dumb btc for byte with the byteball wallet which has integrated btc-byte exchange. Byteball has support for smart contracts so peer-to-peer trading should also be possible, without "exchanges".
I see you are a very active member of Byteball community. This reminds me of one guy who earned reputation in another community to scam everyone later. Your modus operadi matches that guy on 99%. Could you tell more about yourself, please?