If I decide to go on offense you'll be the first to know, k?

If you believe that 90% of people in a field are ignorant and/or ruining bitcoin just to pick up a check, it would be wise to write a defense of your thoughts. Otherwise you sound like a crank. 

Scoresby

why are there so many people working on ecash

Already answered this in my initial reply, there's 10s of millions in funding coming into it because it's astroturf

I'd say 90% of people working on it are some combination of #1 and #3

bitcoin

Why can't you buy ecash from a Cashu mint?

> why are there so many people working on ecash

Already answered this in my initial reply, there's 10s of millions in funding coming into it because it's astroturf

1) Some are just ignorant
2) Some are bad actors/spooks
3) Some just need a paycheck and being able to say they work in Bitcoin is a perk 

I'd say 90% of people working on it are some combination of #1 and #3

#2 are definitely present