Nothing wrong with being a purist, but the thing that put me off was how I started following the same path as Tone Vays, which I find to be an idiot, and that's not cool at all, and actually a display of pure ignorance.

Bitcoin isn't the wonder pill that solves every pressing problem, and probably never will be. Bitcoin is extremely good in doing one thing right, and that's more than enough. Gold for example hasn't much utility to it, yet it's worth $8 trillion. This shows that doing one thing right (store of value in Gold's case) is more than enough to gain value. Bitcoin can do that much better.

Look at how popular altcoin exchanges are. More demand for altcoins translates to more demand for Bitcoin, because that's what you need to trade them.