I dismissed any projects that were based on anything other than a fixed supply, proof of work, and blockchain size/block size/noderunning accessibility that even the average pleb could set up with basic hardware and support the network. All in on BTC from day 1. I just wish day 1 was five years earlier lol.
I had been looking for a savings vehicle that couldn’t be debased ever since I first read “The Creature from Jekyll Island” in 2001. The whitepaper, exposure to the teachings of Ron Paul through the 2000’s, and Saif’s book sealed the deal.