Closed source, 1000XC and an application to join a secret discussion?
Sounds exactly like something an outsider would like to invest in.
I assume that by 'outsiders' you mean crypto investors and traders who currently do not own XC but might consider purchasing some XC.
See, what some seem to fail to comprehend is that pleasing 'outsiders' is not what defines the success of a coin or crypto project.
'Outsiders' take interest in coins primarily to buy them low and sell them high.
That's all fine and dandy, but that generally results in the coin being dumped into oblivion regardless of how the coin's development team delivers. For long-term and sustained success, a crypto project needs to penetrate the real world. It needs legitimate applications and real world use.
This has always been and continues to be the goal of the XC project. Soon it will become apparent that XC's value is to be defined by its demand as a path to real world goods and services and not as a vehicle for speculation and profit like the vast majority of crypto coins and projects.
I fail to see how this approach could be anything but attractive to savvy investors.
By all means, we'd love to continue to attract new investors to XC from the crypto community.
But the bottom line is that XC is pursuing a multitude of potential revenue streams. This project is likely to succeed whether new investors from the crypto community take interest or not.
It's up to the 'outsiders' to decide whether they want in early or if they'd rather chase more immediate gains elsewhere as is the status quo in the alt coin world.