I think that the bull market will come when everyone stops waiting for growth. It will happen in about 1-2 years.
The last major bear market was 14 months and there was much less going on in the space then. Given we are already 8 months in, I would be amazed if it lasted another year, let alone 2.
Yes, we have to find the real value, market is in a consolidation phase, everything is preparing, updates, investors - everything is coming, but this progress is slow so that is why crypto investments are long term.
Yes you are right, we can find the real value by been smart which is doing researches independently without waiting or lobbying for advises here and there from people.
The more knowledge we have about a project, gives us more indept information about how to handle our portfolio.