Does the average person "in crypto" really know why they are in crypto
Most of the people who are into crypto, MLM,direct sales, instagram, is purely to live a laptop lifestyle, dubai trips mindset. In reality that is not how it goes. People are not able to live like that. A lot of them end up losing money. Suffer on their health. Waste money on schemes. Hive kind of gives people a sort of edge on saving without much investing other than time.
Average people should think of crypto and stocks like - buy low and sell high. Don't even HODL if you re over 50. Just buy and then sell, live your life. HODL is bad strategy for anyone over 40. Like any coin can go down and you end up suffering.
It is a large edge that if applied with enough force, will knock it to the boundary. :)
I disagree with you on the "over 40" thing though. I am mid-40s and have over 20 years ahead of me until retirement age. Almost twice as long as Bitcoin has been around still ahead. My job is going to change dramatically because of crypto and blockchain and if I want to be there, I have to be up with it. Treating it as a stock doesn't keep me in a job.