problem is xc is always chasing someone else's ideas.
darkcoin invented x11. xc named their coin x11coin (http://www.xc-official.com/) & changed later.
darkcoin had the idea of nodes. xc followed (but turned everyone into nodes)
ethereum started pushing "web 3.0" - xc started talking about it and saying they were going to push it
darkcoin just completely open sourced - xc is working on it.
xc is spinning a company off to raise more money which will dillute coinholding profitability if there ever is any. (but they are giving coinholders a piece of the action). also it doesn't look good when the lead dev pumps other shitcoins. so these are their two original ideas - a for profit company (dan was listed as XC "ceo" for awhile) and "reviewing" other competing coins.
FWIW I think darkcoin is a piece of shitjunk scam (I am currently a little invested in monero and boolberries cuz i like ring sigs but if you look at my post history u can see i was pretty hard on both of them b4 deciding).
anwhoo thats my take on why its going nowhere. nobody ever listens to me.