Speculators don't have time to research every caveat of decentralized technology.
I will be the first to tell you that if you want to to engage in short term speculation, none of these issues matter at all. All that matters is supply and demand over your holding period.
When I speak of crypto trading as being a zero sum game that is not a pejorative.
Give me network effect and market cap first, then I can hire all the developers I need to take out whatever geek coin you're working on.

Aeon has literally no chance at success because it is not a complete package. Many coins are better than Bitcoin, yet most will go the same way of copy and paste / pump and dump coins.