I agree that it is all very interesting. I disagree that "most other chains are nearly all based on trading sentiment" but it's not important in the discussion about steem containing the core of cryptocurrency. I myself, am still chain agnostic, I don't believe the chain that I would be maximalist for, exists currently as is, or may ever exist for that matter. Not that I am representative of the core of cryptocurrency, but in my daily activities following blockchain steem comes up as a topic very little. Just like you, I have never pulled a penny out of steem, or any other of over 300 assets I own, in over 4 years. Cryptocurrency was never meant as a pathway to fiat.