Just to clarify, the core team (Dev-James, Fallen, Primate) are not involved in 5 projects.  Ether-1 is the primary chain, ethoFS is the decentralized hosting platform that runs on ETHO nodes.  The team has been in conversations with other chains about deploying ethoFS across chains.  (If I run TreeCoin, I could run ethoFS on my nodes, node holders would receive native currency from the block reward, and ETHO for ethoFS revenue sharing reward.).  Existing chains wanted to see a proof of concept of this running in the real world.  Our solution is to deploy XERO as our rapid development chain as a way to test cross chain utility in a real world environment.  We're giving ETHO holders a 1:2 air drop to encourage node participation.  This is not a pump/dump scheme, the team was clear in the Medium article price is not our primary concern, they won't be going after expensive exchange listings.  ETHO is and always will be the primary chain, XERO is the last chain we'll be deploying. 

Asylum/Timber, I know there's nothing I can say that will change your mind, I'm sorry it's come to this.  I appreciated you guys running an ETHO pool back in the day, it was top notch.