I finally looked at the whitepaper. Wasn't impressed. Needlessly complicated version of ethereum, at best. At worst, it might never be used by anyone.
Look at the market cap on gas, which would actually power the network. It's anemic, which means little utilization.
I only bought it in the first place because of the tremendous leaps in price, flashy website, and name (antshares, at the time). The ant icon was cute, too.