Announcements should not be made privately from developers.
Either say nothing or go public with it through the appropriate channels. Anything else raises suspicions of insider trading, preferential treatment and/or corruption.
This wasn't a private message. This was a conversation in the general channel on slack. I saw it on slack last night. You can go on the Zcoin slack and see it there. Anyone part of the Zcoin slack can see it, currently 1114 users. There's nothing private about it. I understand where you're coming from but it wasn't private ok 😊
It's the same timeline that's been mentioned many times, as many people inquire as to an exact moment. lol
Within the next few days was stated, and, by end of the month. That said, common "dev/testing" sense says dev and testing efforts could be +/- days?
Announcement is said to coincide with the release.
I would also echo, as with any coin, if you're keen to follow then get in the slack to view/participate in latest coin thoughts/discussions regarding dev/testing/etc.