I'm surprised to see both of you in this thread!  I've been quietly interested in BTX for a while now but never really visit the altcoin section, and I don't think I've read anything in this thread yet.

Are there any masternodes running?  I've been using BTX Electrum thus far but just downloaded the core wallet.  When I click on the masternodes tab, I don't see anything.  My wallet hasn't completely synced yet, but wouldn't think that would matter.

And yeah, a lot of coins like BTX are dead or dying--and that's what I've been predicting for years.  BTX would be an excellent coin for spending, but unfortunately so would hundreds of other coins.  The market is just too saturated, and BTX doesn't seem to offer much in the way of innovation (or active development for that matter).