I think people that buy into coins that are MNs are hardly 'greenhorns' as you say.
It's quite a technical thing to understand a MN and set it up. Most who purchase from exchanges don't have a clue what a MN is. 370+ MNs as of today, that's up from 300 at the start of Feb 2018.
I feel like I'm repeating myself, but if everything is working e.g the MN and wallet is running and the Dev is delivering e.g the recently released Android Wallet...then it kinda seems this project is ticking along nicely.
Keep in mind it was only the last quarter of 2017 when the coin went live - still a young project in the crypto world.
Just my thoughts anyhow.