ICO's are a fact of life. The blockchain has opened a whole new world for everyone. But ICO's have a relevance only to big players. Steemit is an opportunity for you and everyone to enjoy. The Whales just happened to be the lucky ones who heard about it first and bought it for pennies - right place, right time. But the future for steem is very bright. Start accumulating and keep accumulating steem and SBD and sooner than you think, you will bed a whale. Steemit hasn't even scratched the surface! Good luck!