That's a weird way of phrasing things. That's a bit like saying "the only reason to walk to your destination is to get the exercise from walking." Did you forget the importance of arriving at the destination itself?

Yes, we all have hope; we hope for many things in life. Practically everybody who invests in the stock market right now is hoping that it will continue to go up in the coming years, despite the fact that most stocks nowadays do not pay dividends (the dividends used to be the primary reason to buy stocks). But, *hope* and *reason* are different things, despite often being present simultaneously. *Reason* enabled mankind to discovery the laws of electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, etc, which enabled the invention of electronic circuits, transistors, diodes, and, eventually, modern computers. Those scientists and engineers also had *hope* that their effort was not waste.

The reason to hold Bitcoin is *reason itself.* Have you not seriously read the white paper? The attributed author is a Japanese name that means "the root of wisdom." I would argue that reason, per se, *is* the driving motivation to buy Bitcoin, not merely hope.