As of this moment, XSPEC is worth about 4,300 satoshis, or about 28 cents. For a coin that still has good tech and principles, that's dirt cheap.

From 28 cents, a 200x increase would put the coin at $56. So as crazy as a 200x increase sounded when this thread was made...maybe its actually possible by the end of the year.

I think a few things need to happen first:

1) Mandica and the leadership team needs to get their shit together and hire a dev that won't flake. It appears they are doing just that.
2) The community needs to move on from previous failures, and learn from the mistakes of the past by not allowing it to happen again.
3) It wouldn't hurt if Bitcoin hits $25k.

The big problem here tho is that so many people good people have been burned by what has happened. They put their money in when the story sounded good and the leadership seemed legit. These people truly believed in what the project represented and could actually achieve. Many held out hope even in the face of the mountain of evidence that pointed to scam-worthy news, but in the end, they all got wrecked by the actions of a few key, selfish, dishonest actors.

A good project with good tech and a promising future was kneecapped by selfishness and incompetence. That's the truly tragic thing here.

So much trust has been violated here. It will be very difficult to regain the trust that was lost. In time, and with a lot of work and no mistakes, perhaps it is possible.

I remain highly skeptical about the future of this project, but:
I am hopeful that Mandica can turn things around.
I am hopeful a new, trustworthy developer can take the reins and showcase the potential of this project.
I am hopeful trust can be regained.

If those things can happen, this project might emerge as a success. But at this moment, that's a big if.