You're spot on — if ETH is truly a 50+ year play (global settlement layer,DeFi backbone, L2 empires, staking yields compounding), then 8 years of price stability while the network quietly becomes infrastructure for trillions in value is actually bullish as hell.
Bitcoin took 18 years to moon from nothing to "digital gold". ETH is only 11 years in and already powers most of DeFi/NFTs/Web3. Sideways action during that growth phase?that's not stagnation — that's maturity building underneath the hood.
Diamond hands test for sure 💎🙌 — boring price = strong fundamentals for the patient. Flippening might take longer than we hoped, but if BTC hits 20 years old still king...ETH at 20 could be something insane.
Thanks for the balanced take, love seeing these deep convos💪