I agree with > $2 sentiment. But disagree with less than $5.
For example a useless shitcoin called Verge has 3x market cap than Aeon. Aeon offers real privacy and literate community of users and developers. Verge offers nothing but army of brain damaged people.
Bittrex wallet is online now.
The less than $5 comment was with the bittrex wallet closed - it's open now so that adds another positive variable though I do think hitbtc wallet might be down for maintenance?
I think aeon's price, simply due to its mission and even its current ability to achieve that mission, is worth significantly more than $5
As to the Verge observation: I think Aeon is a real coin with very useful/practical goals. Verge looks like a coin that aims to provide a lot of the same things xmr/aeon etc does but it looks like it does it in a way that is very superficial.
I know nothing of Verge coin other than what I read in the last 5 minutes googling it though I understand its approach (I think).....
It sounds like Verge gives the user a false sense of security but Verge can "say" that it's "secure" because it uses a "secure" connection mechanism while not telling you that what is being written to the blockchain isn't even remotely secure.
It's like saying that the .380 ACP (Verge) is the same as the .357 sig (XMR/Aeon) because they shoot the same projectile... ask the US secret service if they agree with that assessment.
Also I would think the tor/vpn type approach would create a lot of unnecessary connection overhead.....
edit: Thought about it a bit more... wouldn't tor approach also be redundant if you're already under a VPN?
Anyway, at the end of the day it comes down to market education... and that can happen the easy way (discussion and debate) or the hard way (getting caught with your pants down).
Just my $0.02...