Well we could argue what does the "value" really mean. Auroracoin's value was not in better wallet or anything technical, it was in a great way of reaching out many people. Around 30 000 Icelanders got their coins...It was only possible thanks to smart usage of Icelandic ID electronic system. This was a new approach to massive adoption and I saw value in that. But I understand you invest according tot echnical value and thats allright

10xmarketcap would shoot us around vertcoin as I said we need one good feature

And I agree we need major adoption - this burden is upon us though, we must spread the word

I am certainly not putting my hope solely on SC I always divide my total investment portfolio into 50 even chunks

And sometimes when I feel real potential I go double

Well enough with offtopic.
Lets just concluded that Silkcoin is a great coin and buying now is certainly a viable option

Distribution is not really an argument. Adoption would be, but as the coin was banned in Iceland, this would not have happend in the near future anyway.
The whole auroracoin thing was planned as a scam and that is why they failed (well I call it like that) so miserably.
@SC: Major adoption won't happen because you have a pretty client or because you have a decentralised social site. You need to distance yourself from the mass.
One way would be to make use of that excellant name and offer a decentralised and anonymous ebay style goods market (well mor like Silk-Road). This would be extremely awesome and the price would explode for sure. Because you can market that thing extremely well.
The problem is that NXT and Dark-Market will exactly do that, so being the second or third can mean enormous disadvantages in adoption.
But lets see how the digital goods store will work out. I am stoked and loaded with NXT I bought cheaply!