I haven't checked a BTC mempool for a long time. Now I have done it. Over 0.5 GB in size and over 0.25 million transactions in the mempool. 😱 Simply terrible.
Today, an account named Anthony Dewayne Hunt claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the "founder of Bitcoin", did not answer my request for a public cryptographic verification in #sigverify and was removed from BCHN slack.
Got an answer to my question :)
"The intention of B.U. is to release a compatible upgrade in March and participate in testing required to ensure a smooth HF" - Solex, 2023-01-22
I can only speak for myself (and perhaps what I see from BCHN).
Since Amaury departed, BU has cotinued to support Bitcoin Cash fairly in its work.
I hope they remain committed to it.
"BU support for BCH and its regular upgrades remains unchanged." - BUIP166
If you wish to examine your question deeper, a good starting point are probably the active BUIPs and discussions around them, on
https://forum.bitcoinunlimited.info/