I imagine its hard for people today to grasp what the bitcoin experience was like 12 years ago, so i am not surprised with some of the feedback i have seen. A majority of people involved with bitcoin in those days just wanted to foster and grow the thing. Yes, scammers were probably around but bitcoin was almost worthless as well... All the information i've given so far should be sufficient for anyone "in the know" and hopefully i can connect with some of those people.
God Bless you all.