It comes down to this and it's really simple, if you are bagholder it's not a scam, if you not a bagholder it is a scam.
There is nothing special about AUR as a coin. Buying at these prices regardless if it's a scam or not is dangerous as the coin it's copying aka Digibyte has a lower marketcap then AUR by $800k.
This is a obvious pump before the rollout of the advertising and Multi Algo fork.
I agree, there is nothing special about AUR as a coin, the idea is not to invent new stuff within Auroracoin but to copy good solutions from others. Where Auroracoin stands out is its potential for adoption that is unmatched anywhere in the world.
I also agree with you there is good potential for much higher price for Auroracoin, given the coming advertising campaign and Multi algo fork along with opening of the
https://beta.isx.is/ exchange. This might look like a pump, but has now taken about 5 months to build up and is continuing.
I have never seen such a long pump building up unless there are fundamentals behind, which means it's not a pump but more and more people are interested in the project.
I hope skeptics can look at this project and see the reasons behind it, even though they believe perhaps Bitcoin is a better solution for Iceland.
No one in Iceland owns Bitcoin. No one in Iceland can buy Bitcoin, because of the currency controls. No one in Iceland is building any infrastructure for Bitcoin.
Then again 10% of Icelanders own Auroracoin!