the trading was easier as it was just buy and hold but people forget the balls it took to buy and hold - then exit at the right time everyone hated things like BAYC and PEPE Pranksy was unloading 1000+ Bored Apes at the start Matt Furie sold his PEPE, then the PEPE devs themselves were dumping coins on everyone people actively wanted these things to die constantly then when they started to move the majority of people sold way too early do you think a single person in the trenches today would wait 2-3 years of pain to realise a 10,000x?