Moonboy here speaking: Patience is key and I'm sure other initial believers in crypto will tell you the same, it's not so much the profits (it's really nice side effect though
) but more of what these coins can do for society.
Get in now or get in later, either way the train doesn't seem to be stopping. Sure a few rest stops along the way, but it's still going.
The guys from crypto wave 1 (2010-2012) had a chance to become billionaires today.
The guys from crypto wave 2 (2013-2017) had a chance to become millionaires today.
We're currently in crypto wave 3 now, and the guys from waves 1 & 2 are up-scaling to trillionaires and billionaires over the next 5 years.
Someone getting into crypto today can still make good money, but most will lose it all, the golden age is over.
I´m not sure about a weak wave 3 : After regulations for Crypto will be made clearer, it´s green light for the real big boys (hedge funds etc.)
"Reasonable regulations" is the only thing left, they are now waiting for, and they have amounts of money at their disposal, we never had pouring in before.
And the higher our market cap goes, the more it will even out the volatility, which still is a hurdle for many to invest.
Could be, that wave 1, and wave 2 were just a warm up. We are still only at the beginning, imo.