Is This Time Different Than 2017?

Ive seen people argue for both sides. But since I wasn’t engaged in this space during 2017 I don’t have the same understanding as some of you.

But it seems like this market is different than 2017. How much its talked about in the news, advertising, big investors, and most importantly the usage seems to have actually grown since 2017 (although not near where it needs to be).

But like I said, I wasn’t looking around here in 2017. So was it the same back then? Was it in the news like it is now, were projects being used as much as some are now like MATIC…. How is this time the same??