This is really on my mind, too. I've kind of bounced around btc-related spaces and bounced off all of them, because there's never really been a place where anybody seemingly cares about the stuff I care about. It's mostly regurgitating the hot takes people have internalized from other talking heads, as per your item #4. @kepford convinced me early in my SN "career" that this is no worse in bitcoin than anywhere else, but still, the brain damage was disheartening.

When I came here, I decided to see: what if I invest? Can I help make the thing that I want to exist? Or at least, a little corner of the community? Bitcoiners should be my people, and they're not. But could they be? SN is so right on in so many ways to put this to the test, brilliant design that actually encourages real discussion, good incentives, thoughtful visionary devs who keep iterating, etc. So it's on me to do my part and see if there's any demand.

It sure won't happen if I don't take action, that's the only thing I know with certainty.