It's only odd if you look at the community part of a decentralized coin as only the miners. You're missing the other critical parts which are its users and the

It's only odd if you look at the community part of a decentralized coin as only the miners. You're missing the other critical parts which are its users and the exchanges. A cryptocoin is worthless to miners if it cannot be exchanged, and it's worthless to exchanges if no one wants to trade it.