Not sure why you are so up in arms because of a $20-30mil market cap alt.
Nobody really bought it, but you could have mined it in on a video card, which is not really possible with other coins.
It's too difficult to use, hence it is mostly a developer toy. Plus, it has high inflation in a first few years as supply is growing linearly (at around 63 mil/year).
Not really anonymous, either.