According to coinmarketcap, Namecoin has a market capitalization of $ 23,641,881 (I guess it's just last price multiplied with available coins... anyway...)
It's ranked as coin number 8 at coinmarketcap, which means its relatively actively traded.
From what I can see here, there's some activity in terms of development:
https://github.com/namecoin/namecoin/branchesI see updates from March and May, so there seems to be work done on Namecoin.
However, I hear very little about it.
I see there's some activity here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/namecoinhttp://forum.namecoin.info/https://twitter.com/search?q=namecoin (not a good signal to noise ratio)
But mostly, it's quite silent about namecoin in comparison to many other coins.
So forgive me my ignorance, as I love the concept, but what's the general sentiment around here?
Is Namecoin actively developed and growing its userbase, or is it a dead end project?
What's the status of namecoin registered domains, and what about content and usage of those domains ? Is it increasing, decreasing or flatlining?
There's been a slow decline in the Namecoin price all year (
http://www.cryptocoincharts.info/v2/pair/nmc/usd/btc-e/alltime), but it has flatlined for a while, and has recently slowly increased again. Is this increase due to mere speculation, or is there more substance associated with it?
What's the consensus of namecoins future? Is it dying, or is it thriving? I remember it was one of the first altcoins that brought interesting features onto the table.