Yeah, I know most of the interest was to get rich quick, cash out for fiat, and buy expensive shit. Still, there’s always a certain percentage of each bunch of NGU newbies who stick around, learn, and help make bitcoin the force for good it will be. That’s why I was angry. Maybe there will be fewer of them this time.
I feel like this describes me. I definitely got interested in bitcoin due to NGU and the potential profits. I have since learned a lot about the underlying technology, and also about the economics behind it (albeit less than the tech, economics doesn't interest me as much). I'm still hodling and growing my stack on a regular basis. I still try to provide value to the open source bitcoin community. But I certainly do still make note of the fiat price. It is undeniably interesting, even though I don't really discuss it with anyone.