Since October, I've watched my portfolio grow by 650k to 700k across BNB, ETH, and Solana - all verified on-chain. Yet here's the thing: it doesn't even come close to what the 2020-2021 run delivered.

There's something about that period I can't shake off. The energy, the velocity, the pure euphoria of watching everything pump simultaneously. Those were different times. IDO season felt endless, Polkadot was reshaping the ecosystem narrative, Kusama was testing the bleeding edge, and then you had the emergence of multi-chain plays like Polygon. Core, Kepr3, and the entire Polygon ecosystem were minting generational wealth at a pace that felt surreal.

The rush of that bullrun? It's hard to replicate. This cycle brings gains, sure, but the psychological thrill - that's something 2020-2021 had in spades. Maybe it's just the nature of markets: the first time you witness something is always more intense than what follows.