Forums are long surpassed by social media and messaging platforms like Discord in terms of traffic, and this is why I have stopped using forums. However, there are exceptions like this place where legitimate people can converse in a civilized and constructive manner. I just don't see this often in Reddit or Discord, and I definitely don't see it on Facebook groups. And I've noticed this myself; I just write more carefully in here.

Believe me, if I didn't have bitcointalk, I wouldn't have a chance to possess the knowledge that I do; at least in such a short time span. You can go and search my history when I was a newbie; it might even look as if another person was writing at that time. Maybe being relatively young played a big role too, but I'm pretty confident that I'd be incapable of distinguishing the truth just by surfing the web.

Look. I'm not gonna be that romantic crypto-anarchist who confidently ignores the marginal profit of their bitcoin investment, and just shifts to "Ideology is more important" or whatever. Granted, most people I know (including myself) are into crypto for making money. Hell, the Proof-of-Work mechanism depends on people driven from profit.

However, there are, indeed, genuine parts of cryptocurrency that can radically change society if taken seriously, with the most important being detaching state intervention from money creation. It would be unforgivable if we ignored the initial purpose that set stone to concept of a cryptocurrency. And truth be told, 99.9% of the altcoins ignore these principles and exist solely for the financial gains.

Good for you, I just don't feel like I belong in an Internet board surrounded by what I'd make fun of in this place.