You are exactly right, there are many failed projects, and THIS WAS ONE! I was a community member of the original XGTC, who decided to try and help RECOVER the community's lost money.
I am doing all of this in my spare time, simply to try and help this coin and its users. Nothing done here is an attempt at a scam, or to take anyone's money.
I have taken NO premine or ICO, and have NO dev fund. Any XGTC I own is from mining and from pool fees.
All of this information is publicly available here in this thread. I have even gone as far as to reveal my real name in the OP, as well as to fully admit:
-I AM NOT by definition a C++ dev.... progress will be slow yet deliberate and steady
-I have base knowledge of many coding languages which I am basing my work off of.
-I am one man, with a family and two jobs, and although development will always continue, this fact must not be forgotten.
which is a direct quote from our OP.
I am doing my best to keep updates happening steadily, and have even produced new [to xgtc] things for the community, such as a vanity address generator and mac and linux qt wallets.
I have been nothing but upfront and honest with any issues that have happened and with any progress made.
as for my "new to crypto" comment, I truly meant no offense, and thought possibly that a miscommunication may have happened in my earlier explanations.