https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5853601
Feel free to email - probably better than cluttering up the threads here.
> how he becomes a valueable asset for any given intelligence
How who becomes a valuable asset? Unless I am misreading this somehow, I don't even know what you're trying to say.
> without any given payment may not even attract people like me
If you're saying that you have no interest in answering questions because there's no pay involved, then I can understand that position. But a huge part of what the Crypto SE lacks is a study influx of quality questions. And the flip side of not being paid to answer is that you don't have to pay to ask.
I suppose if you are a cryptographer, you have little incentive to spend time roaming the site, true. However, other Stack Exchange sites have a bunch of experts on them too (ignoring the Big Three, the Math SE is one such place, as well as essentially all of the other graduated sites) and they don't seem to mind not being paid. I agree it's not for everyone, though.
As it is, the site is doing relatively well but daily activity is low (too few questions, too few visitors). But there are lots of knowledgeable people on it, and crypto is one of those areas everyone seems interested in, so the only real thing holding it back is a critical mass of good, active users. For many professions here on HN, it's useful to have a bit of crypto knowledge, so this post is a shameless plug. :)
You don't have to be an expert to contribute. In fact, one of the problem areas is a lack of good, well-researched, quality questions. Of course, any new expert is welcome too.