It seems Xrouter idea is similar but if it is still reliant on Atomic Swaps I dont think it will be viable to the larger audience
XRouter is not reliant on atomic swaps, it's a blockchain router and separate from XBridge, which is the exchange component of the protocol.
Onchain Atomic Swaps will never gain traction due to their limitations like respective blockchain confirmation times
With Blocknet's DEX, the trade time is independent from the confirmation times. In other words, an LTC transaction and a BLOCK or DGB transaction all complete in anywhere from 5-15 seconds.
This is why XSN uses Lightning Network to complete their swaps.
Lightning network requires collateral lockup and also for long period of times to trade, I believe it was 48 hours the last time I checked. Not sure if you're trolling or you just don't know what you're talking about.