Please do not speculate on this more than you can afford to lose. There is a big tendency for risk adverse individuals to buy in late on hot trends, and lose a lot of money when corrections occur.
True that it is just a long code that has value just because it meets the Bit Coin algorithm, there are other similar crypto-currencies that no one cares about, what makes this one special? Hype? Will it have longterm acceptance? It is only worth something because someone is willing to pay for it, there is no guarantee that someone will pay for it tomorrow. You could compare it to a ponzi scheme that is upfront, and has a truely limited supply, which would make it not a ponzi scheme.
Also compare to the current US dollar, they are printing it like it the above scheme!