We can succeed without exchanges. I am currently developing an escrow service with automatic withdrawal and deposits (XEL/BTC). Also Mobile apps and a windows lite wallet without any full node elastic install.
Nice work devking.
I think this helps illustrate what several of us have been saying. Elastic is a community project...people are contributing in the ways they feel are best. Yes, ultimately it will be nice if there is a foundation w/ a couple of community leaders, but the bulk of the work will probably continue to be done by people that volunteer their time.