This kind of mentality in 2023 verges towards conspiracy theory. It can’t even be proven to be baseless, because it relies on the semantic ambiguity of the phrase “true believer”. It’s really bizarre to see this form of irrational skepticism afflicting a tech person (presumably). Really says a lot about the extent of polarity amplification in society. Almost nobody is spared

What's irrational about my skepticism exactly?

Just here as an anecdata-point, crypto understander (build a really, really dumb blockchain in python during HS) who doesn't think it'll be used for anything beyond a cool new datastructure/verifiable constraint mechanism for relational databases.

The coins we see traded today are a short-term jousting match between people who don't know a blockchain from a linked list. You could replace them with an exchange of company coupons/points and see identical market effects.