Thanks for your interest.  It's going to be a lot of work so don't have a firm ETA yet but the new functionality is significant.  Ideally looking for it to go live in 2 or 3 months.  Can't say much about the functionality until much nearer the time, although am looking to implement X11 plus a lot more, plus some features I don't believe any other coins have.

One concern of mine is the development is going to cost a lot.  I know people are wary of IPOs with good reason, but if I can find people who want to invest in version 2, their investments would go into escrow (so there's no risk to you), if we can agree on what they get in return.

Just a thought.  If this would interest anyone at all please let me know.  Thanks.