It's been 14 months since last official BitShares Core release (2.0.160328). Many people think BitShares is a dead project. No, it's not! The community has tagged a new release yesterday: BitShares Core 2.0.170531.
https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-core/releases/tag/2.0.170531
By the way, the BitShares network fee has been significantly reduced yesterday. You are able to transfer with one US Cent again. (Yes, I know transfer in Steem is "free".)
More info will be reported by @steempower.