That's a lot of maybe's. I have been following BTCD recently due to the fact it had a huge rise in price and is still holding around there despite all these dumps going on. It's definitely peaked my interest, but from what I can tell, BTCD's value has really only been dependent on promises made by the dev(s) so far. I don't see any major feature releases yet. Am I missing something?
Test releases with source code available. Maybe smart peoples are understanding Teleport tech, verifying the source code is very close to complete, even running some test nodes. Or maybe they trust the dev that created multigateway?
If all these maybes were completed, do you really think the price would be where it is now? The market is discounting the future potential with the probability of completion, toss in skepticism due to many other devs that dont deliver, etc. and you have the current price. Also, we are not having much fancy websites or big marketing budgets. We just make hard work to develop the tech and the websites, etc. are all volunteer created.
BTCD is a work in progress, but you get to see the work progress on a regular basis. If having a chance that BTCD wont complete its tech is too big of a risk for you, then I suggest you wait. Even after BTCD is more fully valued, it will still pay the 5% per year interest, revenue sharing from InstantDEX and teleport fees.
James