It's hard to find genuine people over crypto world and some people have freaked me out
That maybe true yet if you look deeper there are many of them who are in it from a philosophical and fundamental point of view. Not just the early developers but also farily new people who have come to understand the importance and implications of bitcoin on global financial system. Apart from bitcoin, the smart contract ecosystem is also quite interesting in several aspects, not that it should be applied to each and everything.
what or who are you looking for specifically?