So your take is 10 years, as that is pretty much how long a startup takes to get to IPO. Facebook is a good example. They completed their IPO a few years before 10 because they already hit mass adoption when they IPOed.

Agree to disagree about this. For two reasons. 1. BTC is coming up on 10 years and hasn't come close to mass adoption even though it is the genesis coin. How many more years will you have to hodl? 2. If you bought BTC in January 2017, sold in December, made 19x profit, you can get back in at ~6k. You still making a 13x profit. Why leave 13x profit on the table for others take by holding on to this believe that mass adoption has to happen before you can make a profit?