With Bitcoin price reaching 1 million dollar next year (per John McAfee), I doubt that Maidsafe price will be able to keep up, even if Bitcoin only reaches half of that. Also, according to the price and trading topic in the Maidsafe forum, it looks like the Maidsafe enthusiasts are all content with the Maid dollar price reaching 8 times the price at the beginning of this year. Nothing wrong with that, but that also means you will get a lot of weak hands selling at a lower satoshi price because they believe they made money dollar wise. Before buying a coin know your community. If a certain altcoin community are bitcoin purists, you know that this altcoin might do well. If on the other hand the specific altcoin community always keeps bragging how much better their coins are than bitcoin, then you know that it either a scamcoin or a shitcoin.
You never know in current frenzy. MaidSafe might just start pumping and you will have to eat your words.
Sure, but while waiting till it happens I could use that money for coins that are presently pumping. No need to keep any coins hostage for a long term. Investing in shitcoins/projects/ICO requires a due date by which to sell the coins regardless of the price of updates.
That said, I do like that Maidsafe is fairly transparent with its updates, though I wish there was a clearer roadmap with dates. It gives a better idea at one point to invest or to get out.
You would think that Maidsafe price would go up with the Internet Neutrality story.