Hello MintyAllDay - Happy 2018 to you and the rest of the Mint-Crew here on Bitcointalk threads.
I had to go back to J-O-B after a week off so that was hard - but nice watching the Mint trading volume/price today.
Exciting Day!

Originally i got interested in  MINT because of the good interest that it paid (10% in those days) - it was a POS and seemed like a good bet. I was also running Linux Mint OS and keyed into the name connection - it seems they were linked a bit in the past. The rewards did reduce to the 5% it pays out now in MINTing rewards  but I'm sure the original intent of design was that the coin value would increase to where the profits would be good. This is the same way Bitcoin mining rewards reduce over time till they are no longer needed. The focus shifting to huge volume & value in transaction-fee-rewards.

I think what we are seeing right now is what could be called "The DUST Effect". Small-Small amounts of crypto are becoming more valuable as crypto-cap starts to moon. I had a tiny amount of forgotten BTC left on my account at NiceHash when it got hacked. With BTC at $20k that wee bits was worth over $100 - who would guess? MINT is doing the same thing, even 1 satoshi has really gained in value & there is no stopping it. The USD/MINT chart is getting crazy and it is due to mooning of those little Satoshis.

So here is my outlook for 2018:
1) BTC (or whatever coin flippins with it) needs to go 7 X to $100,000.
2) Our Mint needs to reach 1000 Sat.
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MINT will be a $1 coin

My plan is to kick back, keep cranking up my MINT- MINTing machine, and just watch it happen.
Would love to find any way to help MINT in some way going forward...