It was hype which came out of expectations that lot of people were sure that BTCP will perform more better than other forks. Main focus was on privacy and brand of Bitcoin but things didn't go well from start. First major setback for the project was no support from legit exchanges which drove it to worse situation. As of pump if there will be rally in altcoins market it will also see good gains.
Agree. I think a lot of alts will see massive gains when we get bull run going. All the sh*t coins are either currently falling apart or have already so it was a good thing we had this bear market.