Well yes, my words was maybe little too caricatured. My point of view for this matter is before the Supernet era, so to say.

Back then bitcoindark was the coin that would have all the nice features itself: jl777,  a new anon tech and exclusive anon mastercard (the list was long and good). It had tremendous unique value at some point and I had no doubt of breaking the records. But after harnessing its power for the supernet its uniqueness was lost and making many the features as part of the supernet (like supernet anon card etc.) Usable with every other currency. That's why I said "Nothing left for this coin.." which was too narrow-minded indeed.

In my mind the reason for downfall of the price is the said loss of uniqueness. Of course btcd still has it's important purpose in the big picture and I'm not trying to deny that. I'm just comparing the situation back then and now. Future might be bright and like I said, I'm still in this because I trust James's promises.

All this is pure speculation and should taken as such. I've high respect for the developers and the community behind btcd and supernet.