Whenever people realize bitcoin is here to stay it seems many start searching for some mythical next bitcoin.
For anybody in search of the next Bitcoin is a total waste of time.
You just say that and provide no arguments. How do you know? Someone who bought Eth very early could be rich now and would have not 'totally wasted their time'.
that is how they get you, by pumping their shitcoin the most and showing big profits that makes you think their coin is good just because it has given a huge profit. but when you actually study the project itself regardless of its price you can see how actually "shitty" it is.
besides if profit is the only thing that matters to you then there has been lots of other shitcoins that have given much bigger profit that ETH! i know of a dead shitcoin that got pumped nearly 1 million percent and with your logic that shitcoin should also be considered a good coin.
Well if you're fortunate enough to be in and out at the right time, any coin would turn out to be profitable. And i doubt that many of us here are really looking beyond a coin's real potential. It's all about making money which, as you said, can be taken advantage of by devs through pumping and dumping. I'd prefer to be open but wary about any coins.