basically everyone predicts good developments in bitcoin going forward, I don't think there is anything to worry about holding it, but by looking at the length of time we wait actually no one knows for sure when it will happen, I think learning to trade is also more profitable considering we will get profit every day when you become a pro trader, while waiting for our investment to give maximum results on its development
It is a matter of patience here, trading is something that needs a lot of patience and faith in the asset you are putting money in. Of course developments are happening in Bitcoin Core, but the common people and even the regular traders are not much interested in that but the prices, apart from a handful of traders who actually keep track of developments.
If your idea of "development" is a price rise, then you are mistaking market movement with technical development. These are two different things.
Though crypto initially opposed itself to traditional fiat money, one thing is common and this is cyclicity. If we take a look at the main BTC supercycles when it reached the highest values, we would see important patterns and taking this Id assume that well see that the next high will be appx in Nov-Dec`25.
But that is three years from now, I expect the prices to rise after the year end right away back to 20k at least. This would be a long time to predict for because the highs and lows in bitcoin actually come in at much smaller intervals - probably six months or so.