Yours is one of the more thoughtful comments I've read by far today. I've been investing and following crypto since the early days (Mt Gox and pre- litecoin and pre- BitcoinMarket.com) and if there's one thing I've noticed its the extremely over-reactive, near conspiracy theory level crap that so many people spew out once they're invested in anything crypto.

BTC, crypto and internet tokens in general as we know it now aren't anywhere near being the finished products many geeks and 'day traders' make it out to be. The truth is, anyone invested in crypto who isn't producing anything useful or contributing to its existence, e.g. providing services, or writing code is mostly gambling.