I agree simply holding a deflationary asset in and of itself doesn’t constitute “proof of work”… although educating yourself as to the mechanism and use case of said asset, as well as navigating the technological on and off ramps and self custody applications and methods, does constitute PoW.

This is one of the reasons I started my own local Bitcoin meetup www.757btc.org so that I could continue to provide value in some way.

There’s so many ways one can contribute