Well from what I understand from hanging out in the ark subreddit, they first want to release the ark core v2, and only then will they continue with the smart bridge implementation. I do have to admit I'm not very technical, so I can't really "vouch" for their trustworthiness, but their reddit community is pretty active. Plus, it reassures me to see that they delivered on their previous "big" promise, with the mobile wallets

Bought some last year in December, and so far, they're the altcoin project that gives me the most confidence regarding constant progress with their roadmap. Plus I really like their delegate voting mechanism, it's very nice to see my tiny fortune slowly growing this way So I was curious to see what other people think of them.

Yeah, I also got stuck in the HODL mentality back in December... the regret is real now