Theres a hell of a lot more people who know about bitcoin but haven't ever bought any than there used to be.
Unlike the last rise, there are many many eyes watching it this time.
True, there are more eyes watching than in the 2017 run up and crypto is being taken
much more serious than it used to. But at least from my anecdotal experience the majority of people saw crypto as a fad and have written it off as dead by now (unaware of recent developments...).
Some monster companies came out of that 90s dot com boom. But this is way different, these aren't companies they are decentralized currencies. Apples and bowling balls.
I mean, sure. You can't really compare cryptocurrencies to stocks. But looking at the 2000+ coins and tokens listed on CMC, most of which have rather questionable merits, I have my doubts that even 1% of them will remain in active development in 10 years time.
I don't think Nocoiners are even aware yet of what's going on.
there must have been some headlines about bitcoin. my girlfriend's dad asked me about it the other day.
So it begins. The media in my part of the world has been eerily silent so far.