The comparison with the internet of 20 years ago is a good one.
Much like the internet did then, crytpo-currencies now draw an assortment of technologists, anarchists, bankers and futurists. There's also a wildly optimistic bull case to be made and it's very difficult to determine a reasonable valuation.
In contrast, tulips weren't a new technology, they had no power to change the world's business or social graph and a radically new tools couldn't be build on top of them.
Much like the internet did then, crytpo-currencies now draw an assortment of technologists, anarchists, bankers and futurists. There's also a wildly optimistic bull case to be made and it's very difficult to determine a reasonable valuation.
In contrast, tulips weren't a new technology, they had no power to change the world's business or social graph and a radically new tools couldn't be build on top of them.