For me in practice, I hardly have made any serious gains from Bitcoin, Yeah, apart from using it as a payment medium for jobs I do for clients.
I would like to know why you are willing to pay people in bitcoin and whether every time you pay clients make the exchange rate in accordance with the dollar.
If you live in a country like El Salvador it may be true to pay for anything using bitcoin is fun, but if you live in another country it seems full of considerations.
If you do not get serious benefit from bitcoin maybe you are not involved in an investment or trade because it is impossible when we are involved in both models not to get direct benefits.
Are there other ways people like us who are late adopters benefit from Bitcoin?
Not at all.
The word late is only used by some people who do not try to accept and complain about being late is very silly.
If previously you paid people with bitcoin then now you also have to think about collecting it as a form of investment. It is impossible for people who pay using bitcoin not to be involved in investment or trade.
Because people who don't understand bitcoin usually won't get involved, but you are paying clients with bitcoin and you should understand how to get direct benefits.