Yes. This is crypto-trust no one.
But it's also Hive where trust is essential to long term success. Sounds to me like you made a REALLY good use of the confluence of those two statements.
Keep working at it. I'd just really like to be able to say "I know a guy that started with nothing and built it into full retirement in less than 10 years." You are probably my very best hope of that :)
Many miss this. Plus, they miss how building this network makes the experience far more fun and interesting, which keeps engagement higher, no matter what the market is doing. In the bears, the "unconnected" generally disappear, whilst those who have a social network, keep on doing what they do :)
I will try to make it happen for you! :D