But the if BC crashes hard (not saying it will), then will MINT to an obvious alternative to buy, and that could make the price go up.
Not immediately. There will be a cooldown period.
Consider this, though:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-11/bitcoin-mining-boom-sputters-as-prospectors-see-real-cash-losses.html
Miners have lost a lot of money on mining hardware which proves obsolete before it was meant to be. They need a way to get some money back. This explain in part the Blackcoin craze (in part only).
Once blackcoin won't be worth it anymore (not enough pumping value), it will be important to addresse this community: "hey miners, you lost money with ASIC and blackcoin has not enough potential anymore right? Come mintcoin, the original PoS Coin. Same as Blackcoin with 20% interest for a limited time. Pump it up enough to get your money back."
This is a dangerous line, because pumping means dumping later on. But this is worth investigating. With adequate timing (read: not now), it could happen at the same moment as the mintcoin fund starts collecting getting exposure for the Sonoma County reforestation project or others.
We could even advertise on this: bitcoin has a terrible carbon footprint. Mintcoin is fighting fire with fire: not only we will prove that crypto can have close to zero carbon footprint, but we are actually reducing the damages done by bitcoin - to both the planet and your wallet."
Once again, this is a raw sketching. Timing must be adequate, and someone else than me has to put it in more polished way.
Do you think POS Coins will overtake the market in the next weeks?
Yes. Take a look at my article on this
http://david.latapie.name/blog/innovations-in-altcoins/Mintcoin looks surprisingly good!
Top 10% in market cap, top 10% in trading volume and #33 of 221 in 24h change @coinmarketcap.
Very stable and sound in these hyped times
The mere fact that is is surviving the BC craze is an evidence in itself that the community is solid. I would like to thank Crindon and the rest of the "Extended Team 2.0" for the important part they had in keeping the price at 12 sat twice (this week and I think three weeks ago). You truly astonished me, congratulations!
Posting official documentation on the mintcoin.cc page as well as photos of the devs would make it look more professional imho.
Working on it too. mintcoin.cc changed ownership, I am leading it with two other faithful followers to handle the maintenance. Since I am presently busy with changing job, the real change wil come later.