I'm not sure I understand your definition of market cap. Who would decide future price expectation? Lost coins per year? Expected innovation? Future userbase? Those are all completely speculative and unknowable, and not comparable across coins. As an experiment, today I asked 10 lead devs these questions. Guess what? Every one said they expect higher prices, more users, etc. It's like asking a mother if her child is beautiful--there's no real objectivity to that. This is why I think miner's perspective is very important, as they tend to be loyal to profit over project. Success of BBP isn't just number of orphans--they coin has to appreciate in value to attract investors.
Speaking of losing coins, is there anything that can be done to improve wallet security of BBP? As a miner, I usually keep my wallets cold or at least on a dedicated wallet pc that doesn't mine. With BBP, I'm having to leave the wallet open, and that same wallet.dat is living on multiple net-connected machines, which doesn't seem optimal for security. I know BBP isn't alone in this mine-by-wallet model, but having just one wallet.dat compromised takes down all my wallets. Any advice, or chance of a paper wallet?
Fair assessment on valuation, but the current market seems to think most coins are worthless (or at least less than they are at today).
There is a paper wallet generator if you want, but that only addresses HODL, not active wallets. I agree it would be nice to have a "safe haven" so to speak.
With the switch to POG, in theory the required operating expenses of the wallet will be reduced, so cold storage would become more viable.