and the answer is jbg:

"I welcome Mandica's return, as she has proven in the past to be a capable and
motivated leader. However, the circumstances of her return are unfortunate.

Some facts:

 * The last XSPEC wallet release was on Jan 31. Just under two months ago. This
   is not an unusually long development cycle for any project.

 * v1.4 is less than a month late, and given the circumstances I've had to deal
   with in the meantime, I think the delay is understandable.

Unfortunately, the impatience of the community has been used to try to push
through a major change to the funding model of XSPEC, and I don't agree with
this change.

Mandica proposes that a mandatory percentage of staking rewards should be sent
to her (/ her team). She wanted this team to include me, but while this change
would be beneficial to me in terms of guaranteeing me funding, it represents a
type of centralisation that I cannot agree with.

The power of cryptocurrency comes from anyone being able to pick up the code
and work on it, and if the community at large likes their work, they can
encourage it through donations or other support. Forcing donations to go to the
one "approved" team creates centralisation and ultimately undermines the very
purpose of cryptocurrency.

Because of this impasse, it has been decided that XSPEC will fork. Out of
respect for Mandica's position as founder and her hard work on the project
until her health issues got in the way, I have agreed that her "side" of the
fork should be called XSPEC.

The other "side" of the fork (i.e. the continuation of the existing coin) will
be led by @vvc, @trainasauruswrecks, @hippiepyro, @Gandalf86, @kirilale and
other long-term community members. I will support this project with development
effort, and find other developers to join in the immediate future. My
involvement will purely be development. Leadership, project management,
funding and other tasks will be handled by the leaders named above. Donations
will go to a nominated treasurer who will publish their real identity and who
will engage the community to decide where funds should be directed.

Our side of the fork, representing XSPEC as it is today, without forced
donations, will be called Wisp (ticker: WISP).

For every 1 XSPEC held at the moment of the fork, the holder will have 1 WISP
(the new name for that XSPEC) and also 1 XSPEC (of Mandica's new fork). You can
continue to use your existing XSPEC wallet to access your WISP, but we will
release an update that will include the new name and branding. To access your
XSPEC of Mandica's new fork you will need to download their forked wallet.

The date and time of the fork will be announced in the next week; we are taking
advice from blockchain developers with experience in chain forks to ensure that
all technical issues are considered.

The work I have done up to this point will be delivered to both "sides" of the
fork, so my efforts will benefit every community member regardless of where
they stand on this issue.

After the fork, of course, Mandica's XSPEC will be able to continue to use code
that I commit to Wisp because of the principles of open source. This applies
to stealth staking as well; brycel is remaining with Wisp rather than joining
Mandica's fork.

This is the last statement I will be making as a "leader" of XSPEC. I will be
purely a developer in Wisp and will be leaving leadership to other community
members. Thanks to everyone for their support in the time I've worked on XSPEC
and I look forward to your participation in one or both communities in the
future."