Yeah it is true that you need to be patient for you to gain any profit in crypto currency the same goes if you are in Forex. However it depends on what method you are using to gain profit. The two major ways are investing and trading. In investing you would need to have tons of patience to gain profit on the investment that you made. It might take months or years for you to gain that. In trading you would also need patience along with knowing how to take risks because trading crypto currencies is very risky since this market is very volatile.