withotu chinas merged mining this could would prolly die.. think of it this way
I don't agree. People who really cares about the coin would be mining it. At first, before the merged mining, there were thousands of posts in forums like FC around this coin. After ptc became merged, people lost the interest. Why? Probably because nobody can mine it with a 2500 diff.
When someone mine a coin is because he/she thinks its price will rise in the future.