There are so many shitcoins that have exploded in value comparably, that have nowhere near the solidity of foundation that's been being built here.

Bit of a strange paradox, isn't it? But speculation is often far more exciting than facts. There are a bunch of coins out there going to the moon on nothing more than the word "blockchain" was in their White Paper 20 times.

The footnote I wanted to kick in there is that this is not specific to cryptos... it's an investment problem. Well... that's actually not quite true. It's a lottery problem... a lot of so-called "investors" are actually just gamblers hoping to ride something to the moon in the short run. "Investing" is more about buying and holding for the long term... but the same thing happens in the stock market-- a whole group of people chasing rumors around, hoping to catch the next "20-bagger" rather than just putting their money in something stable that quietly doubles in value every year.