Yes we are waiting for dev to show here and tell us about some progress. Zero can be big if they taky good care of it, by the way the comunity can help a lot.
agreed, I'm keeping a close eye on Ethereum's metropolis release, well not as close as I should be considering what this means for zk-snark. if it will be an internal function, bridged exclusively to Zcash or for any and all forks. Zero would excel in this niche. I'm sure I've said this before in a previous post but it goes without saying the prospects are very nice, which is why I think a little sign of life would be very welcome.