Usually people like to associate with success and failure doesn't have supporters  . People don't want to labour to see the fruit of the labour in the future, they would rather expect that they see it now but, they are wrong. Yes, cryptocurrency has potential to enrich adopters in the future, so whoever that doesn't believe in the future might likely not be a participant to this great opportunity.

Your friends want money but don't want to be patient for it. As you said, they are likely going to be envious when you start crushing on lambo....