Hi craslovell or any forum member,
Do you think that increasing PoW difficulty through merged mining will result in increasing the value of EMC?
If so, could you explain why would increasing PoW difficulty would result in increasing EMC's value?
Thanks!
The move to merged mining increases the security of the EMC blockchain significantly. Before merged-mining anyone with a large amount of sha-256 hashpower could have attacked the EMC network (e.g. 51% attack), or just to get all the PoW rewards. I don't know if it will increase the price - but it improves the value

I am sure others have thoughts.