thats because so many of us have been here believing in it from the beginning. It is the underdog that Does Not deserve to be one. The big problem is that miners do not like the idea of being cut out. It is growing in many ways to be a cabal. So if you dont make your coin (at least partially) mineable, dont expect much from them.
However, if you have a chain infrastructure that can execute 3300 (bundled) transactions per second and self governance WITH separations of power, expect them to treat you like they would treat a killer. Because they see you will kill them IF the market ever finds out.

Sure we've had internal frustrations at times as well, but that is the big one. BUT this community who is here is here not for the money (else they have gone somewhere else long ago). We simply know that if chains dont exist that offer this separations of power approach, they will become extra dangerous in the future. We also know our tech is one of the VERY few who can scale (and we were first to do it :P)