I don't think it's failure. I do believe in hostmasters work, so i want to get more ecc at low price, such as 1 satoshi. It will reduce some people who not believe it, and make more profit to who believe it. I hope the dev team insist their development target. go for it
I dont think its failure too. But, at same time, i think that "profit" involve demand. But here i mean profit as increase eccoins range. Profit, for us, is make eccoin a big coin, that all people accept and use as a payment method. a cryptocoin, like every coin, has intrinsic value, depending on it quantity. so, i dont expect eccoins value go to 90 satoshis, sell it and make profit with that. its too little to think about it. but, at same time, we should grow and, to grow, we should increase a demand for eccoin.
and here is the point. if the project is good, why a demand doesnt increase?