Rams see draft picks as Bitcoin

I read a good article about the Rams' way of player acquisition and roster building, and some good metaphors were used.

1) They believe in a Star system. They want a few proven star players who are therefore sure things and then to build around them.
2) They view draft picks like Bitcoin: currency of an uncertain value. That is, the idea that he with the most high draft picks wins simply has not proven true and there is no way to know whether a pick ever returns value or not. That is, there is no way to know what you're going to get with a draft pick, no matter how high. So, to use Bitcoin to buy proven players at a known salary cost with a ROI that is also certain, puts you way ahead of the game.
3) High draft picks only occasionally provide instant team upgrade. Like lower picks, high picks still need time to develop and contribute. A typical high pick will become a very important cog in a team wheel usually no earlier than year 2 (there are exceptions of course). When you trade picks for stars, you upgrade the team immediately.
4) The Rams strategically use the signing of Free Agents even for part of year in order to upgrade 1 spot for 1 season. Then when the player hits the market the next year, the Rams get a supplemental pick in the draft, essentially replacing the picks they had traded for star players.
5) The Rams believe that there is more value in drafting lower, paying those players less than high picks, and then developing them because even top picks also need developing, but at a much greater salary cost. Therefore they believe in accumulating as many draft picks as possible in the middle and lower rounds.
6) This system only works if drafting is productive and the system of development is excellent. Over and over McVay stresses that the valued quality of a coach for his staff is that they are good teachers (read: good developers). The Rams have developed a scouting system and analytics system and married them such that they aren't trying to spot current stars, but rather potential stars who have all the physical and mental traits of excellent players but haven't developed their game sufficiently (for one reason or another). So, they choose players based on that potential to help in a couple of years rather than quickly.
7) The Rams deeply value the players on the lowest part of their rosters the way parents do their infants. That is, these guys at the back of the roster aren't fodder or filler, they are the future, and so they are given much attention and instruction.