Currently on mobile but am now back in internet land (been in the realm of no service and internet also known as Canada the past several days).
I appreciate the direct, challenging question. To answer it, yes. I can't begin to fathom how much time we've all collectively sacrificed bringing people into the fold here as well as educated them on how this all works. The latter is far more challenging to do effectively than you can imagine, especially to a non-technical person. That's who we want more of, after all.
This is far from a "cash grab." Personally, this is emancipation, a revolution, and a thorough defeat of cyclical poverty that many people have no choice but to die in due to circumstance.
We're all in an extremely important and vital position at the moment. Not to grab it by the horns and give it hell would be beyond something on par with blasphemy.
As for people we've brought to support a number, yes we can back it up. When I'm off of mobile I'll rattle off a nice crop of humans for you to inspect and hopefully connect with as I'm sure they'd love to connect with you.