Same here. My belief that the idea is sound is not affected by the market swings. I guess I'm less manic-depressive than the traders here

Many people are also just too impatient. Where was Linux two years after the first release? Or any other open source project with major impact?

People are only now slowly learning the advantages, disadvantages, and peculiarities of cryptocurrencies, and how to handle them. That will take a while... You can't seriously believe that it would take over the world in a few months. This isn't a "aim for the heavens or die trying" plan. It needs time to sink in.

We're still going through the initial bumps. And I don't think the rollercoaster will end any time soon. You'll remain saner if you regard this as an interesting experiment with an grassroots free-market distributed global currency, instead of simply a profit opportunity... and realize there is nothing to be "saved".