I love this idea, and agreed it's a great diversion from the noise.
I was desperate, paycheck to paycheck, tired of sitting on the sidelines while it seemed like everyone was making incredible gains on this Bitcoin thing. I had no capital to deploy. I was basically the McDonalds worker meme.
So I started buying shitcoins, because newer tech and better opportunity right? 2 years of hard lessons and curiosity later I was a Bitcoin maxi and exploring radical personal responsibility.
I didn't have exposure to a community or peers until late 2020 when I joined BT, so it was a solo journey up until then.