I bought BTC, ETH and a few other ICOs during the 2017 crypto boom, though sold some along the way, except for BTC and ETH that are well established and doing well, tokens such as BDG, KWATT (shilled by McAfee), WABI, Sparkster (Shilled Ballina) didn't do well. Lost money on some of these.

Patience is key crypto, especially for investors. However, patience only pays when the investment is in a solid project that's not just joining the bandwagon cos of the hype of feeling of free money in the space. Some projects may cease to exist after a few years. So DYOR.

Paper money is old and traditional so people have come to trust it over the years. Digital money/cryptocurrency is more popular among the Millenials because they are born in the age of digital revolution so it's easier for the younger generation to embrace it.

Mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies will take a lot of effort via massive awareness/education, simplification of UX/UI of dApps, and some form of regulation of the space.

It's a good idea to want to hold crypto for a long term, especially if it's a solid project like BTC, ETH, DOT, NEAR etc, but a lot can happen between now and a decade's time. There's always government attempts to scatter the industry. I will advise that you keep watching the market in case crypto is eventually gagged one way or the other.

If you are entirely new to crypto and you plan to hold your crypto for a long time, I will advise that you go for the coins listed in the top twn on Coinmarketcap.com or Coingecko. Until you learn the ropes to invest in new crypto startups, keep your funds safe in established tokens.

Ripple has not even touched its ATH, which was about $3.4 USD. However, there is a great uncertainty about the future of the project due to the complaints from SEC. Anyone that is able to take risk can keep holding and owning the token as investment in crypto is generally risky.

Sperax is a trusted decentralized network designed to provide highest level security and performance. The blockchain is built based on an innovative consensus protocol called Sperax BDLS protocol perfectly fit and realistic for partial asynchronous networks such as the Internet. This protocol ensures that transactions on Sperax blockchain are not only cheap and very fast, with about 10-second finality, but also offers a new level of security better than other consensus protocols. Crypto users do not have to worry about high gas fees as transactions on Sperax network will be as low as possible, paid in the native token of the blockchain, SPA.

SPA functions as the transactional currency and medium, staking rewards and incentivization, and governance purpose.

More importantly, the Sperax blockchain serves as an infrastructure on top which a financial layer for decentralized economy is built, with a native hybrid-model stablecoin called sCOIN. Therefore, Sperax connects decentralized finance to the real economy.

Sperax recently completed Testnet V1, and is poised to release testnet V2 soon.
The Sperax team is working assiduously to release several other products such as Sperax Play, which is Sperax wallet. There is also an upcoming airdrop in January and February 2021.

SPA Token Smart Contract Address
The latest and correct Sperax smart contract address is:
 0x9631483f28B7f5CBf7D435Ab249Be8f709215bC3

Partners
Sperax is supported by Amber Group, Outlier Ventures and FBG Capital.

Exchange
CoinMarketCap Link: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/sperax/

Coingecko Link: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/sperax


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