Compared to how easy an investment in cryptocurrency would pay off well and is a sure hedge against inflation,
Not all crypto currencies is a sure hedge against inflation, most alt coin projects aren't a store of value as compared to Bitcoin.
Investment is not easy, you've to source out the funds and not only that, for you to invest rightly in Bitcoin you must not do so with your emergency fund, but with spare funds so you can invest for a longer period of time to be able to get profits from it.
How else do you source funds if not to work and make money? You are advised against borrowing money for Bitcoin investment as its volatility might humble you, so you need to work to raise funds, unless you've some inheritance to sell and invest
be it by trading and using or not using bots and AI integrations or by DCA strategy in varying fractions or lump sum or by mining bitcoins and being so serious as to own a mining farm or by diversification of wealth into owning Bitcoin since made possible for large pocket investors too,
Trading is not investment, and never a means of Bitcoin accumulation, you can also acquire Bitcoin through buying the dip. To be a profitable Bitcoin miner isn't easy too and it's very capital intensive.
How else do you acquire the wealth to invest into crypto without working?