I had yesterday commented this post OP with +1, only to make point that dev should be more active and that was enough to get it removed?
Given that the Dev hasn't been online here since August I think we can safely assume it was BCT moderators who deleted the '+1' post, as they often do as part of general thread tidying.
Yes things are quiet here and, to some degree in SuperNET's Slack channel when it comes to this coin project. The simple answer is that we're not in a position to update because work is ongoing. There is an issue for BITS and some other sNET coins from the code refactoring that took place on the MGW, where they worked fine previously but stopped functioning properly with the change. Tracking these problems down takes time.
Making progress within a decentralised ecosystem such as sNET/NXT, with multiple project-arms is time-consuming and often frustratingly inefficient. These are the lessons we are having to learn when it comes to understanding how to both develop and work with this technology. There are key milestones we need to reach in order for BITS-related elements to move forward and unfortunately the realities of the unconventional environment mean those anticipated deliveries don't happen how and when you need them to, but they will happen.
Alongside work being done within SuperNET, a number of other approaches have been, and are being, made to select companies and organisations with a mind to creating real-world implementations and solutions to showcase the innovative nature of this technology. So it isn't all dependent on SuperNET's developmental path.
On a lighter note, I would like to comment on the discussion concerning the coin's wallet. Whilst, as with most tech at the bleeding-edge, there are going to be issues needing to be ironed out over time, my experience is that this one functions a lot better than some big-name wallets, such as Litecoin, when it comes to power-outages. After having to tediously re-index a Litecoin wallet three times following a series of power issues, I was pleasantly surprised to find the BITS wallet starting up with no such complaints.