How come the value shot up so much recently though? Don't see it exchanged all that much.
When it was released it looked promising, then the developer disappeared for 5 months. He recently came back in the last week or so claiming he was dealing with other issues in his life, and is active in the community again. He seems intelligent has some big ideas for his coin. Here is his profile:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=126619