I'll tell you something that you probably already know. Some of the best code and tech has been lost in this crypto industry because they didn't have money or funds or btc to back it.
Look at all of the shit that gets pumped every day. Dash up 20%+ in the last hour. You know who brings all the $$ to these coins to raise their value? The stakeholder, original devs and miners. The miners pump btc with their own btc because they want their future mining revenue to be worth more.
BTC is shit compared to the rest of the new currencies, but it continues to hold value because there's so much $$ behind it.
So, let's say someone sets up a BSD masternode for $8k-$10k and they're making $10 per day. Wow, $300 per month. Anyone can take that same amount of money and make that much in the next hour on a number of coins in the top 20.
Unless the original devs of BSD and some large fish or whales can pump this thing into the top 100 on cmcap and get the price to $5-$10, this coin will die a slow death.
Mark my words. I've seen it a thousands times in the past 8 years and you have, too.
therefore not only the superior tech is important but also to make a growing ecosystem. for example IOTA is making this perfectly