I'm curious as to what's pumping the IOTA price so high? I've held IOTA for months, having to go through several recoveries with each new wallet update, and 6-12 hour transaction times trying to get it back to an exchange. In the end I sold the lot due to the frustrations with the platform. The idea is great, but it doesn't feel anywhere near ready for prime time. Am I missing some amazing news that justifies the pump, or is just market manipulation?
It's still in proof of concept stage. Not even beta software. This is alpha. Usually developers would not release software this early in its development however with this particular concept it is useful to have the network under load during development.