I think that that's the nice thing about SN and the greater LN/Bitcoin ecosystem as a whole (as long as you manage to not be absorbed in the petty toxic wars), where there is a lot of application of tech going on by people from all walks of life. I don't think that 10 years ago I would have foreseen that we'd get so quickly into a situation where there are more than ubergeeks and uberscammers in the space. But there are now, and this is fantastic.

It probably also helps being surrounded by people like k00b and Car that have an open and positive mindset, and the people they attract in turn. Personally, I miss that lately. I'm sitting here in a barn converted into 4 (nice, modern) condos on the edge of a village in the literal middle of nowhere where I am (sparsely, very sparsely) surrounded by nocoiners. Rather conservative nocoiners too, so there's not much conversation to be had about exciting tech, or anything really. Different world. I do get to work in peace though, this I appreciate, but I'm really not an introvert: it's lonely. SN keeps me a bit in touch with the "reality" of exciting tech outside of the immense automation I have built for me. I've hinted at it before, but I guess it's real: I'm a Solarian in a corner of the world where the Luddites rule, haha.

So I do get what you're saying. I know how exciting it is because I've lived all my life like that: high tech, high energy... and surrounded by people with great attitude to get things done (and if not, you push 'em there.) I'm glad you get to experience it. It's awesome. Stick with it and the sky is the limit.