We have been approached by an exchange, but we declined to negiotate on SXC being added until we finished bringing out a client that had no problems.. That includes the desync issue, and difficulty retargeting. When Lava has finished with the client his next project is an exchange, which will undoubtably list SXC.
I doubt changeing the name to Sexicoin would make much difference, and we are branding this coin to the users and suppliers of the Adult Industry, not the cryptocommuntiy. Our coin won't be branded as having something to do a precious element, or rely on rarity of supply to induce value, as it is not being produced for pure speculation, but will rely on gaining value through real world utility as it is being produced for commerce. We want it to be used as a currency, not a commodity.
We have been "softening up" exchanges whenever possible. As an example,when CoinEX lost 20 BTC while in beta, we responded by making a donation of BTC to help the operator pay out lost coins to his users. We don't see it as a "bribe", but we have hoped this will generate goodwill and make that operator more inclined to respond positively to us.
But we won't be able to get on exchanges as easliy without community support. If anybody truly wants to see this go to an exchange very soon they can visit this thread and vote for SXC.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2984683
Only four more votes and SXC will be level pegged with Worldcoin in popularity, and that makes our job to convince the operators of exchanges to list us so much easier. You can do that now
After the release of the new clients, you can visit the exchange threads and simply ask "when are you going to add SXC ? ", as having the developers the only people who seem to want a coin on an exchange makes the job harder for the developers yet again.
You can also put your money where your mouth is, and once we are "officially" approaching exchanges, you can point your miners to SXC and up the hashrate. Once again the higher the hashrate, the easier it is to sell the ideal SXC to the exchanges.
These things require so little effort individually, but collectively they would make a big difference.