I remember using Monero back in the day when it didn't even have a GUI. Anyway, I remember that it had some serious problems with the blockchain, it was too bloated.
What is the current situation now? I may invest but right now it's obviously overpumped and will correct.
Monero still doesn't "even have a(n official) GUI"
The blockchain size "bloat" issue was cured many months ago, when the developers converted the blockchain to database format and located it to reside on the client node's permanent storage, rather than crowd out the volatile memory (RAM).
In other words, the 64-bit Win client now needs only about 30MB of RAM.
Price speculation has a thread.