the gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and wider, and this seems to flow in the opposite direction to the value we hoped for through bitcoin, which is very frustrating.
Yeah well, that doesn't surprise me. The rich are always going to have more capital to invest in things like bitcoin and they're the ones who reap the most benefit from doing so. I don't think the poor have much use for bitcoin at all, despite what a lot of people have said over the years about it being able to help the unbanked--and that's not exclusive to Korea or any part of the world, either.
It also doesn't surprise me that bitcoin is booming in Korea, and I'm sure a lot of Koreans are over-investing in it just like people all around the world did in 2017. That's just what happens when you've got an asset that keeps making new all-time highs. It's a gamble, but I'm sure a lot of Koreans are going to come out ahead, rich or poor.