I think so, paying people to hold it is better for the ecosystem than paying the miners to sell it.  All the staking/DeFi coins work like this, DASH is facing headwinds because a lot of early people such as yourself and others cashed out at massive profits after we accidently emitted far too many coins at a zero price.  We've struggled with this fact all the while other issues, eg slow development and various grifts in the DAO soured the mood of a lot of people, but we have begun to stabilise and we should see stronger gains in the coming years, especially with all this adoption we are seeing, DASH is really being used for payments and people just love it!