I decided to compile a short summary of what has already been communicated by the team. I might be missing a few things, but I'd say the most important stuff should be there.
Haven't read the latest April updates from the team?Click here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.34462967Below are the updates we got from the team in May:May 1st -- New updates and quotes• No big surprise, yesterday was the last airdrop @ 9.288277%
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.35944821• Bitcore beyond the final airdrop. The future of electronic payments
https://bitcore.cc/2121-2/• Missed the airdrop? Had BTC on November 2, 2017? Then you can claim your free BTX at rate of 1.0BTC : 0.5BTX
https://bitcore.cc/are-you-a-bitcoin-holder-claim-your-free-btx-now/• What's next? Everything mentioned above is still valid. Make sure you review these points carefully and also the roadmap ...then buy lots of BTX ASAP before the price moon
• Most recent quotes from the team
The whitepaper is coming: "
I expect us to have the whitepaper out in the next week or so."
The team is getting things organized with regards to the Bitcore development fund: "
I also had a meeting today with the lawyer that will help us with setting up the foundation. More actual news about the status of this will be released in the next 2 weeks."
Buckle up! The fiat gateway is knocking at the door: "
The fiat gateway is nearly completed and we are well on our way to having the first one in the wild. I expect that to be in within a month."
Quick BTMX update: "
The BTXM's are also in full development. I'm working on documentation that explains the principals and working of them.
This takes some time because actual work on the projects eats a lot my time. Also we have several meetings that need to be attended. And we will be working on example use cases on service integrations for them over the coming time, this will be an ongoing effort and will take lots of community effort and ideas. "
• Post airdrop BTC coin distribution vs. BTC (chart) -- see below
Cheers
- QBH
May 3rd -- New updates and quotes from the teamFiat gateway legal requirements progress: "So far I had a conversation with several lawyers from two parties. Scheduled a meeting with an accounting firm and the fiat gateway operator for next week. We will be discussing the rapports and data they need for handling the transactions that go through the gateway. Normally this is very trivial task, but now we're not only dealing with conventional banking... crypto tends to complicate things rather then making things easier...
Because of the huge amount of expected tx that will take place in both the coin and banking side we will be also discussing the option to hook in to their systems directly. This dramatically reduces manual labor and overhead costs on both sides."Security & API:"The security of the API's is nearly done and so is the basics for reporting to both the fiat gateway operator as a very basic version for parties (business owners) that will be using the gateway. Lots of improvements will be made here and it's also dependent on what the local authorities require. This will be further developed as soon as we receive feedback."New BTXM version and initial production run:"We also expect to view a new version of the BTXM in the next week and a half. With any luck that will be the final version and we place an order for the first batch. Software is still way out from being production ready. But we can at least play around and test with them as well as demo them."May 7-9 -- New updates and quotes from the team• New Bitcore core 0.15.0.3 https://bitcore.cc/new-bitcore-core-0-15-0-3/Some Features: 10X automatic fee reduction, full link list, increased incoming transaction size by factor two, etc.
• First successful ATOMIC SWAP https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.36730691Bitcore foundation compliance progress"Yesterday I had a meeting with the 2 lawyers that are working on the foundation; we are still on track! So soon we have a fully compliant legal entity that will help us govern and advance bitcore in our quest for adoption."Fiat gateway progress"Today I had a meeting at the accounting firm that will handle the all the accountancy for the fiat gateway; it was a seriously long meeting and they asked how many transactions were possible. They were instantly shocked when I said the network could handle around 48mln tx per day 😂 I reassured them that wouldn't have to handle more then just a very, very small % of that 😉
They kept sidetracking to bitcore and what it does and how it works etc, so I decided it was best to do a presentation on the spot with a q&a so we could get back to business. The result was that they all want to buy bitcore now and that I will be doing an introduction to crypto course for the entire firm 😂 at the end we got done what we needed so it was all good. Tomorrow I meet with the fiat gateway devs again." 
