While economics teaches us that past performance is not an indicator of future performance it concurrently teaches us that history is the only clue we have as t

While economics teaches us that past performance is not an indicator of future performance it concurrently teaches us that history is the only clue we have as to the future so, what follows is a fictional rewrite of a not so distant history; Maybe it's canals, not tulips... "For each cryptocoin, a unique software protocol and accompanying network was necessary to enable its implementation, and as people saw the high incomes achieved from sales to fiat currency, mining and transaction fees, coin proposals came to be put forward by investors interested in profiting from coins, at least as much as by developers seeking to facilitate egalitarian movement of financial value and flexible independent storage of wealth. In a further development, there was often out-and-out speculation, in which people would try to buy coins in a newly created coin simply to sell them on for an immediate profit, regardless of whether the network was ever profitable, or even built. During this period of "coin mania", huge sums were invested in coin infrastructure, and although many schemes came to nothing, the coin system rapidly expanded to nearly 4,000 coins in everyday circulation." Inspired by the original; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_British_canal_system#18th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_British_canal_s... For each canal, an Act of Parliament was necessary to authorise construction, and as people saw the high incomes achieved from canal tolls, canal proposals came to be put forward by investors interested in profiting from dividends, at least as much as by people whose businesses would profit from cheaper transport of raw materials and finished goods. In a further development, there was often out-and-out speculation, in which people would try to buy shares in a newly floated company simply to sell them on for an immediate profit, regardless of whether the canal was ever profitable, or even built. During this period of "canal mania", huge sums were invested in canal building, and although many schemes came to nothing, the canal system rapidly expanded to nearly 4,000 miles (over 6,400 kilometres) in length.[1]