1. Man "A" has no debt and no car or house.
2. Man "B" has a car and a house, but he has a unpaid loan and a bond of say $2 000 000.
Do you think Man "A" or Man "B" is rich?
The early adopters are in a much better place, if they still have those coins or the value after they sold it. {So yes.. they might be rich}
You can still get access to the NEW coins being released daily, so the "early adopter" coins should not exclude you from being rich.
I guess this is somewhat my point, its not about the wealth created on potential future value in less than 5 years from creation. Millions of people can start businesses and wealth can be created in that, but this takes time, part of it is new people coming to this space, getting involved with bitcoin, perhaps earning some money from the gains in bitcoin and use that to reinvest in a business that can and will make money. Its slow yet still a quick process but in a few years there will be a lot more coins in the hands of more people, not less people… Some people earn bitcoins and never put a dollar into it..