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Cryptocurrency proponents have taken on an almost religious stance, I'll give you that.

Then again fanatical users speaks to good product design somewhere

> Then again fanatical users speaks to good product design somewhere

Or to a conflict of interest. Unlike consumer products, crypto usually ends up being worth more if more people are using it. Most crypto proponents hold some crypto and have a financial incentive to get more people into it.

The same is true of the telephone, smartphones, the internet, etc.

Metcalfe's law applies here as the utility of the network rises with the number of participants.

No the same isn't true, I can't sell my telephone for more just because there are more other people with phones.

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