As I know and what i know i got from Cyptonote forum. There was a group that worked on cryptonote test coins. They worked some time. They did it for a research and did not wanted to make a real use coin and have financial gain. Part of them did not agree with them and latter split and started Bytecoin. The other part stayed on cryptonote and researched it further. They also replied in 2014 on cryptonote forum to all that come there for help when starting their cryptonote coins. So yes bytecoin developers are the one that was part of cryptonote inventors, but not solely. How big was their influence i have no slight idea. maybe 50% maybe 1%.
Who are the developers of BCN now?
Is it still developed? When i last check their forum was no news for like a 2 years.
Thanks for the info. God damn, it keeps steadily rising.. almost doubled from when I bought mine last week. After investigating all the alternative cryptos to make a quick buck on, I picked that which has the most reliable developer and concept. It might not have all these silly percentage rises, but slow and steady wins the race.