i wouldn't say given up per say, rather people are mostly enjoying the price aspect of it for now, the ability to make money from occasional price pump and perhaps from ath when it happens, but despite this, many people are still looking forward to the technical aspect i.e for btc to become an actual currency in the future but this is something that will not happen overnight, btc becoming an actual currency and having been accepted by the government of various countries still very far from reality, but the benefit of making profit out of it is already achievable and this is where many interest lies.