What is different here is we have the power to do something about it and soon you are going to see some changes. From me. I am in the shadows working on many projects but one of them will simply be a new core team of developers for BTC
Dude, there's no reason to work in the shadows. It's also bad for your eyes.
You blame some board of directors for this, yet any developer could have improved the problem areas surrounding malleability. Anyone -- including you and developers employed by any exchanges -- could have posted patches for that and they would have been accepted if they were good enough.
Now the obvious fix for this lack of contributions in areas you think are important would be to start contributing and sending patches. But no, you'll work on a "new core team of developers". I don't see how that makes sense.