I think the proper title for people who get coins created for them should not be Dev's, as that implies they developed something. They should be named Founders. As far as I know Frictionless has been the only Dev for Ixcoin, as before that any work done was paid to random contractors via bonuses.
I too always considered friction as one of the devs for IXC but keep mind Friction is not truly a dev either, he is in a way nothing more than a hired gun.
A real coin dev puts in his time and efforts for free in hopes the payoff will be down the road.
I can't program but I put in a lot of time, raised funds and pitched in money and I did it all for exactly that reason: In the hopes there would be a reward down the line.
Friction has said many times that there will be no code updates unless we can pay him and if you look at what he's asking for, we can easily hire a programmer for that or maybe even less. Sorry, but a hired programmer is not a real dev in my mind.
That said, I'm grateful to have Friction on board, I still love the ideas he used to have for IXC, but for some reason they disappeared as quickly as Thomas (all at once, like someone flipped a switch in his brain), and it's good to have an in-house programmer who knows our goals, but unfortunately, Friction will not be of any help unless we can come up with the necessary funds and that could take a while.
That said: For now we're fine, the wallet and source code have been updated
and I am in active talks with one of the biggest mining pools in the world to continue mining iXcoin AFTER the coins run out in September.That puts us in an excellent strategic position and in no urgent need of a programmer, "a dev" or a non-existent founder.
I suggest that any person who wants to be considered a dev to put their money where their mouth is; buy some IXC, it's still one of the cheapest coins out there and then pitch in with whatever work you can do and don't expect a salary - that's not how broke, open source projects work. If you truly believe in this coin then invest, pitch in and your reward will come in due time.
We simply cannot pay everyone who helps out and if you're getting paid then you're an employee not a dev (collecting bounties is an exception as those are posted for anyone and everyone). I admire the fact Luke pitched in quite a bit and he did it to help and cause he believes in iXcoin's potential.
In my mind, that's what a dev is in this new crypto industry.