While for some the making of money is a factual scope, for others the freedom of expression and getting recognition for that is more important. The cryptocurrencies broke the countries barriers and allowed developers and visionaries to share with the entire world their concepts. Built on trust, different cryptocurrencies were born and only those will remain in the end and will finally get adoption from everybody. Is like a stone thrown from a mountain, once it starts moving down, nothing can stop it.
RE: "Cryptocurrency Should Focus Less on Profit" Says Vitalik, and my thoughts on this topic