I'm not disagreeing with everything you're saying, but your point about Bitmessage is wrong. Bitmessage doesn't use the same blockchain as bitcoin. The work of

I'm not disagreeing with everything you're saying, but your point about Bitmessage is wrong. Bitmessage doesn't use the same blockchain as bitcoin. The work of bitcoin miners does nothing at all to help bitmessage. Only inherited protocol design or reused code can be said to contribute, and that's not relevant to this discussion.