Right now everyone mining hashpool are buying chances. As an investment it is a total gamble. Based on what has been released its been total BS. The valuation is laughable as well as the adoption statements(the revised white paper may start the realigning process). I'm waiting for the 1st statement that starts to back track or realign. Anyone questioning those will be banned or shadow banned on Hashtalk..
Buying any altcoin feels like a gamble to me. 99% of them are pump and dump coins not backed by anything.
I think a lot of the anxiety towards that specific altcoin the name of which is not known yet comes from the fact that it's basically forced onto hashlet owners, especially those who bought Zens at > $13, and also Primes at >= $45. You can either offload them at a loss, mine satoshis, or mine the magic coin. I doubt that many hashlet buyers prior to November expected to become altcoin speculators.