I get what you are saying, trust me. I am not new in this scene.

I believe IOTA is a great thing. However, I currently don't see the point of holding IOTA. If there is no reason to hold it, what will be the thing that makes IOTA retain it's value in the long run? Why not hold a different coin which does offer economic incentives to holding it? It's value is backed by the people who hold it but without a clear and overwhelming reason to hold..... then what?

I think labelling it as a currency isn't really correct either, as it is more of a platform than a currency, similar to how ETH is. Except Ethereum has built-in 'demand' for the tokens from transaction costs to drive up price, whereas IOTA doesn't seem to have any built in demand. Bitcoin doesn't either, but Bitcoin is Bitcoin just like how Coca Cola is Coca Cola. Banking on mainstream opinion switching from Bitcoin to IOTA is a stretch.

My personal hope is that IOTA will offer ICO's to be built on top of it, just like Ethereum's ERC20 tokens. Those 'sidechains' could then be fueled with IOTA. That would be one thing that gives value to the token; it is similar to the STRAT token. I haven't been able to discover if this is the case with IOTA however.