Plenty of people saw it coming. They may well not want to have admitted it to themselves, but they knew. I well remember the peak. It seemed so stupid that I couldn't believe it reached the level it did and a pop was inevitable.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2537531.msg25883207#msg25883207

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2571369.msg26212384#msg26212384

I expected many, many more alts to die completely. I'm surprised so many have remained alive when in the 18 months since most have delivered fuck all.

As for my own predictions, they've all been utterly hopeless.