1: Some geeks had a strange idea and started something
2: Some people close to the extreme edges of the moral, intellectual, intelligence, wealth, etc spectrums (excluding the middle regions, especially the real mass around the middle point) rushed in to take charge and bend it to their will or leech on it, and try to trick/scam and profit from each other during the process in which they constantly try to push the game down to the masses
3/A: The masses get sucked in and everyone on both edges profits ?
3/B: The war of the edges dry up before it ever scratches the masses ?
Let's find out in the next episode of Crypto Lanscape! (ETA 2-5 years)
The current trolling on public forums and show-off trading on public exchanges, as well as the reports of the VC money flow into related companies are pieces of the reality show which takes place between phase 2 and 3.
I don't like reality shows but I have a forum addiction.