People love throwing out the tulip comparison whenever BTC dips, but here's the thing - that bubble popped in what, 3 years? One punch knockout. Bitcoin? This thing's been through 6 or 7 brutal crashes over 17 years and keeps clawing back to new ATHs. That kind of resilience tells you something fundamental has shifted. You don't survive nearly two decades of beatdowns in financial markets without real underlying demand. The staying power alone deserves more credit than most give it.