As someone who only recently became familiar with the project I had a similar reaction to the release. It's SDC's wallet with a couple of additions (Bittrex trading, which the old version had anyway, and 2FA, which I'm pretty sure Google makes easy enough for developers to implement). No torrent features after nearly two years of development is pretty disappointing and again there's nothing here to show that the developer is capable enough of producing original code that would overcome the technical challenges involved. Good luck to the hardcore believers, but I've seen enough for now.
That's not entirely true. I am part of a team with 12 members and we are developing a cryptocurrency since April, 2014. I can tell you that it is extremely hard to work without significant funds (like they are doing with the scammy ICO's) and I can tell that the case with vTorrent is probably pretty much the same. The developer has a personal life and he is probably working on VTR in his free time. I've had used a 420MH scrypt asics since May, 2014 until early 2016 and I was mining vTorrent for quite some time. But unfortunately I wasn't that patient and I was forced to sell my entire holdings at some point.
I'm not sure if I have to disclose this, but I know the developer who helped with vTorrent's 2FA and I can vouch for him! Can't say if its hard to implement, because I'm not a coder, but I can tell you that the guy is
very very good! I'm sure that the VTR's dev has some skills too.
P.S. Keep in mind that I own 0 VTR and the guy who helped with 2FA didn't gave me any "
inside information"!
P.S.2. The reason for sharing that with you is because I know how hard it is to work like the VTR developer is working and we should all support the valid projects. Its hard, it may cause you money and nerves, but nobody said it would be easy...
Cheers,
Spartak