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ETH is currently trading 55.75% below its price five years ago, in 2021. Meanwhile, the dollar has lost a substantial amount of purchasing power to inflation. That makes the real loss for Ethereum investors who believed in the asset and held through those five years even more painful. BTC is up 13.53% over the same period, while BNB is up 10.58%. Even those two have failed to keep pace with inflation. Some of us are in this for the long haul, but apparently five years isn't long enough. So what is a reasonable timeframe? 10 years? 20? 30? Gold and silver have gone through decades of underperformance, so there is certainly historical precedent. But at what point does patience turn into an opportunity cost that simply isn't worth it? Personally, 10 years is about as long as I'm willing to wait for an investment thesis to prove itself. I started buying and mining ETH back in 2017, so next year will mark a full decade of involvement with this asset. And when I consider not just the financial returns, but also the countless hours I've spent following the markets, studying charts, researching Ethereum, and discussing its future, I genuinely struggle to say it has been worth it. I'm not saying Ethereum has failed technologically. Far from it. But there's a difference between believing in the success of a network and seeing that success translate into value for the people who invested in its native asset. ETH needs substantial price appreciation before I can look back on this decade and honestly say the investment was worth the money, time, and opportunity cost. At this point, that threshold is still a long way off.

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