I spoke with few friends recently about the hype that the crypto market received at the end of 2017.
I wonder how was it before 2017.
Was the market easy to manipulate?
pump and dumps were more common?
Were people more into ICO's? the ICO image was better than it is today?
Before 2017, it might still be a waste because Bitcoin prices at that time were still small at the end of 2017 and could only feel the poor results that our coins could collect for ourselves.
But it is way easier to earn money back then. Faucets gives a lot of bitcoins, signature campaigns pays more. If you have worked for bitcoin back then and hold your earnings, you are pretty much well off right now.