I would say it is 50-50… The price action is half of the fun. The tech is the other half. Bitcoin is like a hobby which you would gladly do as a job. You are interested in the tech, and you are getting paid while holding. Best of the both worlds. I am pretty sure that is the case for many bitcoin holders. Some people obviously are not interested in the tech and only care for the prices but I don’t think they are the majority. They usually end up losing their coins too because they don’t understand the tech behind it.

Technical guys like early adopters of Bitcoin many years ago probably did cared more about technology and they started their adventure to decentralization with Bitcoin. For most of other adopters, they are more keen on chances to get profit in different stances like as investors, traders, speculators. They all do care about price of Bitcoin together with some different interests depends on who they are and what they want to do with Bitcoin and their money. Investors will have different interests than traders and speculators.

Do they have fun with price with different interests in technology and price or their portfolio?

I believe price is important for both types of people because price reflects many things like adoption in the community and value of Bitcoin. Value should be low if technical developments to satisfy needs of community, users, tech guys are not good enough. So as technical enthusiasts, they can not simply look at Github development activities but also have to look at how latest developments are either adopted or refused by users.

In another side of view, investors, traders, or speculators have to know that it's hard for price to move up a lot or make a parabolic curve if behind the scene, no developers are working and actually released upgrades for Bitcoin.

So you are asking what the fuck is BTC good for besides making money?


Interesting question I would argue BTC has created or spurred the creation of:

ZELLE
Apple Pay
Cash app

I'm fascinated by bitcoin's price rise, so it's safe to say that bitcoin's price and volatility were the biggest drivers of my interest in bitcoin in the early days. Even now, I'm still interested about bitcoin prices, because who doesn't like money, and profits? But when I participated in this market long enough and spent time learning about bitcoin, I gradually became conquered by it not only in terms of profits but also in terms of use cases. If you care about privacy and financial freedom, you will find its decentralized nature truly irresistible.
That's why even though bitcoin is no longer volatile and profitable but still safe, I will still use it to a certain extent, even if not as much as now.

For me, when I first came to know about Bitcoin, it's price wasn't very high, maybe around $500 or something, so I wouldn't say that its price was the most important driver of my interest towards it because I was more intrigued and surprised by its existence and what it had to offer.

Before Bitcoin, I knew that we can store and use fiat currencies in their digital forms but Bitcoin was different and that was what made me interested in it.

However, if we talk about the present, it wouldn't be wrong to say that most individuals or even firms are in it for the price action, they invest in it because they know it has the ability to grow in price over time and that can provide them good profit.

Satoshi created bitcoin in order to give people financial freedom from third-party being a middle man that you must pass through before sending or receiving funds. This was why he created bitcoin to be decentralized which used p2p payment method. He created bitcoin to be an alternative to fiat. He didn't know that bitcoin will become more valuable overtime.

To be honest with you, majority of people who are into bitcoin is because of the profit it brings after a very long period of time when you hodli, bitcoin is more of an investment than being a currency to people and that is why Institutions and government are buying bitcoin not because they like it but because of the profit it generates after a long period of time. ETFs and countries are doing the same.

My interest is not just in the price but also in the benefits.

I like the concept of self-custody, even though it has it's risks.
I like the ease with which you can move money to someone in another country.
I like the opportunity it has presented.

No, it's not... As someone who doesn't hodl, initially, the most important thing that pushed me toward its usage was its decentralized nature, but now I have to say the different layers of security that I could have based on my setup are the most interesting things for me.

Not at all, price it is a factor, indeed, but I crave for the revolution that comes behind it. If we ever reach a Bitcoin standard, the theft from the institutions, nation states and governments to all citizen will be greatly reduced. I want the power back to the citizenship

False. Bitcoin was not created to replace sovereign currencies or it would never have been designed with the massive limitations it has. Bitcoin couldn't ever handled even 0.001% of the world's daily transactions and it's getting even slower and more expensive as time goes on.

Indeed, as far as the "middle man" goes, Bitcoin is one of the slowest and most expensive in the world right now.