Any ideas why the price is climbing so much? Did I miss something?

This one is easy to answer.
An honest active developer working on an awesome algo and community sees this and that means trust. Everything in life becomes better, more valuable when trust is established.
I should know

i trust you 100%.
You can trust me, but can you trust the Chinese miners and future blake2s asic producers lol
Tnx for the trust though!

If Chinese miners and chip makers get on top of blake2s and start producing asic i will firstly buy some of thos asics and blake2s will essentially get a rightfull place in cryptopspace so i will call it a jing/jang thing.
PS: I see two lost souls still giving their efforts on Neva 1.2.3
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