Ok here is what needs to happen before the coin gets to an exchange.
1.Hard fork implementing the Zawy difficulty algorithm in order to fix the nicehash issues.
2.New faster better looking and easier to use wallet.
3.Implementing Master Nodes
AND
4.Listing on a exchange
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
-Joyce Meyer
1st point is near...
2nd point is near too : while preparing the hardfork, I ask me if it will not be better to change the look and features of the gui wallet, so I did it.
3d point is tied : (2 nodes more are planned, so a total of four will be in use.)
To Answer people how want to know what is a master node : it's a 24/24, 7/7 node that is hard coded in wallets. so when you first start the wallet, those master nodes tell you where to find others peers to spread the blockchain. they also are used for validating transactions and block.
I know we miss communication but answers will come after the next major release.
For privacy : node doesn't matter : only the mixin in transactions. next release will use a mixin 5 by default (like monero but not mandatory)