Telling people it might take three years is like shooting yourself in the foot. People aren't going to do that. They are already losing patience as proven by the recent selling. People want results now. That's just a fact of life.
Monero is currently almost exclusively owned by people with a horizon of 3 years or more, as was Bitcoin 3 years ago.
Last time the owners were richly rewarded, let's see this time.
It is? Then why all the selling and people complaining about the price?
If you use the history of bitcoin to justify holding any new cryptocurrency you'll end up holding worthless coins in three years. What worked for bitcoin or the history of bitcoin will never be repeated. But good luck.
Nobody is expecting history to be repeated. But the idea that it takes time (years) to build something truly useful has nothing to do with history. Anything but a pump-and-dump takes more than a few months to build. People need to come up with useful ideas, organize, and build them out. That takes time. Some of that is already ongoing. If you can't wait you are in the wrong place.
I'm in the wrong place? Where should I be?
All I'm saying is that you have a window of opportunity and it's much less than three years. I'm not one of those complaining about price. I'm just stating what I think is a widespread sentiment regarding altcoins in general. Why would someone wait three years when bitcoin already exists? In three years bitcoin could very well have incorporated all the features that all these altcoins claim to offer or will offer. Time is not on Monero's or any altcoins side. But I guess we'll all know in a few years.
Maybe I misunderstood the discussion. I certainly wouldn't wait three years for any progress at all, but that progress will happen over a period of years.