Satoshi said something like that

It’s all about not trusting but verifying

We aren’t “working together” to run Bitcoin, we all run Bitcoin because it benefits us individually.

You can see it with nostr a bit when we had replyguy and other spammers challenge and help the development of the tech

So it’s not collective altruism, but individual self-interest that makes these things work.

🫡 important to be clear about V4V and pay foss devs, but that should also be in the user’s self interest if they are being honest with themselves