The value of NXT *can never be very high* as it is basically just *fuel* to run the engine. There seem to be a lot of people in this forum who just "don't get this" (perhaps because "greed" is blinding them to reality).
I'm just going to let this reverberate here for a while. I don't even know what to say to this...yet
Good - let it "sink in" and hopefully a few others will too.
If you have powers to predict markets so well you could make a lot of money on Wall St. Crypto-currency is kind of a new thing by the way and everything about it is unprecedented. The halls of history are lined with the skins of those who thought they could predict the market and I think it's a bit presumptuous of you to say you can predict with certainty what Nxt will be worth. Market forces are unpredictable, based on emotions, crowd mentality and many other factors including economic, financial and political. If math and market caps could predict everything about markets there's be no Stock market.
NXt just like XRP is the only trust-less currency that exists in the system, therefore there is a potential for value, depending on the value of the entire ecosystem. All other assets issued are worth only what you can trust the issuer for.
I think I'm starting to see the deep distaste that some in the Nxt development community have for speculators: ie: NXt investors. I find it very concerning and I'm hoping others might pipe in here.
I think the issue is more that both investors and developers when they argue, both have good points.
But as I do not think investors should run around complaining about or celebrating prices, I also don't think developers should condescendingly dismiss investors concerns.
Investors are the marketers, the mouth pieces for innovation. Bitcoin, had there been no promise of value, no speculators, would not exists as it does today if at all.
