I still think that it's probable we see mainnet being released during Q3 this year. (This is a pure speculative post, so take my word with a grain of salt).
-Hint 1: Linkpool's timeline. Mat said: "our release will more or less coincide with the release of CL itself so we can't say when exactly unfortunately. We have no reason to close the crowdsale anytime soon (...)". Recently, in a medium's article they said their crowdsale will be closed on 31 July 2018, even if they don't reach the hardcap. Why would they close the crowdsale on such date if there is no incentives behind? That's because CL mainnet is being released before or during September.
Hint 2: Dimitri Roche being on vacation and sudden slow down of activity on PivotalTracker. During last week, the main focus seemed to be UserInterface tasks and CodeShip tests. In a time in which there are many other projects related to oracles coming up. Anyone would say this is a race for the first mover advantage. The only reason I find to justify this slow down is that Dimitri is mainly a backend developer and his job is done.
-Hint 3: Many companies related to IC3 are going to release their blockchain products during September. IC3 are a group of companies interested in the blooming of SmartContracts.
-Hint 4: ETHorse hopes to have an oracle solution during Q3. "ETHorse see Chainlink as their potential oracle solution, but they also consider that they will have a solution regarding oracles during Q3 at the latest". Source: medium.com
>inb4 deluded
