This was a great read, thanks for sharing! It also reminded me of an article I wrote at the time of the last bull market‘s height which might serve you as a time capsule of the sentiment back then in comparison to, for example, today https://proofinprogress.com/posts/2021-11-30/original-observations-about-todays-crypto-bull-market.html
"The bull market has lasted so long that certain bullshit qualities and behavior now managed to persist into the sphere's "culture" without market participants being aware." That's so true. I remember that bull run feeling like it was never going to end. And the longer it lasted, the more weird ideas — like Multicap buying 8 figures of Loot spread without too much criticism. BTW has the HackerNews sentiment towards crypto changed in the last bull?