The supply do play a big part for a project's tokenomics but still, the potential of a project is determined by the fundamentals and development of it.
As for its market, if the pump was done and it has went down a lot, the chance of seeing it again even if we go for another bull run is only with little chance to unlikely.
Developers and fundamentals are one of the mandatory things that a new project has, without it the project will not get a good place.
Just look at some of the successful altcoins like DOGE with no limit on supply, able to survive and become a successful memecoin and even achieve high ATH, it's because of their strong community, good fundamentals and development.
and current new ones like Memecoin $BONK with a total Supply of 100 Trillion.
But when there is a decline and the fundamentals are not supportive and there is no strong community, any coin will not last and will eventually be abandoned.
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and to be honest I'm only focused on supply and not judging in terms of quality and enthusiasts, suggestions from you are very good, and I will read the article you provide. hopefully useful for me and also all who want to read.
You need to learn how to do research to determine whether a project is a good one or not. Many tools are provided to do research in detail.
You can learn about it in this forum. When you understand how to choose a good project, you will be more confident about entering the project you have chosen.