Unpopular opinion: We are NOT early, we just aren't too late (yet).

Until 2017 most of the crypto were being invested by retailers.

Now big institutions are investing in crypto.

We can't expect certain coins to 1000x or 10000x anymore, what happend with B T C is and will be the one and only wonder that had happend in cryptospace in sense of price booming.

Crypto charts will become less and less volatile over time.

And I don't expect a hard crypto winter to come either again, prices won't crash like -90% anymore (unless shitcoin ofc), but will turn to a steady state from where they will rise again.

So called mass adoption won't help your coin to get 1000x.

Crypto has much recognition/ awareness already, those who don't want to buy crypto, won't buy crypto anyways...they don't believe in it nor will they understand what it stands for.

So the conclusion: We are not early anymore, we are pretty late so to say. But not late enough the get some juicy 10x up to 40x.