The double standards in this industry are honestly ridiculous. Countless examples of founders (especially L1 founders) essentially exit scamming their own projects after making 9-10 figures by producing absolutely nothing of value. These people are supported by the largest VCs and other influential people in this industry and it's just all part of the giant grift game of extracting as much money from uninformed investors as possible. Most of the influential people in the industry won't call this out because they're either directly involved in it or don't want to burn bridges/their reputation out of fear of getting locked out of future opportunities. Instead, these same people will hyper-fixate on useless stuff like the EF selling tiny amounts of ETH or Vitalik "not doing enough for Ethereum" or the ETH maxis being "too toxic" because somehow it's socially acceptable to shame those who don't grift or exit scam and instead have very long-term time horizons. It's just all incredibly disappointing and demotivating for genuine people and while the effect may not be obvious on the surface, it does degrade and erode the value of this industry over time.