I can only confirm this.
Tried it twice. Lost twice.
One time I slightly outperformed Bitcoin in purchasing power but only for a short period (~18 months).
Didn’t fully understand this technology by that time.
And if you add the time, the energy, and worst of all the mental load…
The stress I carried.
The energy I couldn’t give to my family and friends.
You realize you maybe didn’t outperform at all.
Because some energy can’t be measured in charts.
But you still paid the price.