[hyprCoin]

You and I seem to have had very different differences in crypto currency.

1) Rarity does play a factor in some currencies. Others less so. You get to choose what is important to you.

2) Transaction fees for BTC are hovering at $30 last I checked. Still huge but other coins have low to no fees.

3) There is only one vitalik. Some resources are scarce.

4) The only way you could have lost money in the last year was by day trading. Don't do that unless you are ok with extreme risk/reward scenarios. You can easily lose 80% with a few bad trades.