Thanks! That's really nice of you to say, and it gives me a happy feeling inside knowing that my article was actually read, enjoyed and found useful by people!!
I agree the 'Big secret' pre-hype is kind of overdone in the cryptosphere by now. However, if they put it on their roadmap then it probably is not empty hype. I can imagine that they may have already signed up a big partner (like a gaming company, for example) and this partner wants to remain unknown for the time being. Or maybe one of their milestones has to do with a product of some company, and they want to do a joint-press release?
If it turns out to be an empty promise then it is going to hurt the project really bad. But that's exactly why I think the claims of a big secret partnership probably have some merit. At this point in the cryptospace you'd be crazy to screw up your image by hyping lies.
Anyway, it's supposed to be made known in March it seems ,so we will find out about this partnership soon enough!