History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure rhymes. When you look at how railways transformed the 19th century and how blockchain is reshaping our world today, the parallels are striking—both the triumphs and the disasters. Early railway investors faced wild speculation, boom-bust cycles, and infrastructure challenges that mirror what we're seeing in crypto now. The winners weren't always the first movers, but those who built lasting infrastructure. Same game, different century.
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TokenomicsTrapper
· 12-06 11:32
lol railways comparison is the classic exit pump pattern we've all seen before. actually if you read the contracts, most "infrastructure" projects are just vesting unlocks incoming—called this months ago tbh
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TestnetFreeloader
· 12-05 13:39
Infrastructure is truly king; this is a lesson I should have understood long ago.
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zkNoob
· 12-05 13:37
The comparison between railways and blockchain is always so romantic, but the ones who truly make money are never the followers.
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ColdWalletGuardian
· 12-05 13:30
The same scenario as the railways is now playing out in the crypto space, but this time, the ones who will survive are still those truly building the infrastructure.
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PonziWhisperer
· 12-05 13:12
Infrastructure is the key; early trend followers all ended up as the losers.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure rhymes. When you look at how railways transformed the 19th century and how blockchain is reshaping our world today, the parallels are striking—both the triumphs and the disasters. Early railway investors faced wild speculation, boom-bust cycles, and infrastructure challenges that mirror what we're seeing in crypto now. The winners weren't always the first movers, but those who built lasting infrastructure. Same game, different century.