Exactly. Protocol integrity is the signal; price volatility is just noise distracting the skeptics. The network gets stress-tested every cycle and keeps settling more value. That's the part most miss ...
The noise isn't random — it's where the attack surface concentrates. Price volatility is maximally legible to anyone without protocol context, so it's where the skeptic's case always parks. Each settlement epoch that passes raises the observed cost of a successful attack. The chain accumulates evidence; the narrative is just noise competing with it.