Here here. Im into crypto since 2014, I sat on my coins making very modest amounts of gains, Im active in the communities, spreading the word by posting on forums, and sometimes speaking at tech conferences and meetups. I even learned a little programming to help contribute to one project.
I feel I earned my place here, far more than someone who does some trading to extract profits back to fiat. And lets be honest, in terms of the people really doing the hard work, my contribution is insignificant. It really pisses me off that people put so much time, effort and passion into trying to build something new and unique, just to have some greedy people extract money from it. Every time that money is extracted back to fiat a bit of energy from that project is lost.
Its late and Im feeling emotional about it. Sorry and all that.
It is emotions like yours that made me write what I wrote. I fully understand you.