Our separation from Boolberry is something that was in the works for a long time. We didn't anticipate him ever coming back to work here as we've had a lot of broken promises in the past. If he does decide to come back to work on BBR, then that will another positive for everyone, but we'll still be continuing with our plans to transition the BBR blockchain to our own vision for the project. We will continue to support this project through whatever means necessary as we all have a vested interest here. Our efforts are not an opposition to him or Boolberry its just a vision we have for where we want our coins to go. Roger Ver continues to support both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash and while our marketcap is nowhere near those projects the underlying principal is the same.

As for speculation about him being the original author of Cryptonote. I can't speak on this matter but he does have an amazing understanding of the technology, more than anyone else on this forum. He did more for BBR in that short period of time than other CN projects have done in years. So that does raise some question about that, but again, it's only speculation. In my interactions with him, he has proven to be a nice and honest guy, he just has other commitments. If he was, as you say, involved in the creation of Cryptonote he most likely had some kind of falling out with the Bytecoin team and decided to do a fresh start free of the negative stigma associated with that project.

Also, you guys give me too much credit for helping the project. Clintar, Face and the other devs are just as responsible as I am for reviving the network. Clintar's efforts towards rebuilding BBR's infrastructure and expertise here has been invaluable. He's been spending a lot of time providing technical assistance to exchanges, upkeep on the block explorer and helping building up infrastructure for Doubloon testnet. Try to support him by pointing some hash at his pool as long as its not over 50% Those fees go to upkeep of network and help support his efforts here.