I'm sure many remember that 2017 was the year to start a crypto youtube channel. Because of the hype, because of the casino mentality of the masses, it was very easy to start one, to get traction and get hundreds of views. All you had to do was scream to the moon.

Abandoned Channels

I recently decided to clean up my youtube feed a little bit. After all, many of the smaller channels have gone many months without posting and for the life of me, I can't remember why I followed some of them in the first place. Maybe that makes a lot of sense to you as well, maybe you also had a list of hidden gems sort of speak, a list of small youtubers who knew some interesting secrets.

Well, where are they? Are they out of the game? At this point it's all speculation, but I don't think I'm wrong when I say that more than likely a lot of them lost so much money, they quit the cryptospace all together. And, who could blame them? I mean, we are all human, and some people have lost life savings attempting to play these sometimes irrational markets since their inception.

There is of course those channels who focused mainly on what later was revealed to be ponzi schemes, those are also gone. But, that is a lot more understandable since there is some sort of implied liability there. The removal of videos and deletion of referrals kind of paints the whole picture, but for now no more needs to be said.

The Relentless

Are still around, still producing content, although to decreasing audiences. I'm sure Michael from @boxmining has ran some numbers, and seen his stats decreased significantly every single month, having the bear market be the culprit for the loss of enthusiasm.

In a way, I'm kind of appreciative of this filtering, this cleansing that has happened. I don't hear about ponzis anymore, the focus has shifted from gains to tech, which in my opinion is a more mature conversation to be having at this point in time.

When Moon?

The question/meme that everyone loved to ask is loosing steam, and it also may be a good thing. Of course I'm not being a hypocrite as I too want cryptocurrencies to turn around, but fun aside, focusing solely on valuation is focusing on nothing sustainable, and I for one I'm over those days.

With the exception of the channel DataDash, most active youtubers are trying to focus on what's being built at the moment. Price analysis, TA as is commonly referred to is currently on the back burner for many people, especially those who traded only occasionally. I for one have decided to to buckle down and not move a single satoshi around, I'm staying put, buckling down.

Building on Bear Markets

This is precisely why I believe everything will turn around in due time. Because from where I stand I've not seen the developers of serious projects slow down, quite the opposite. As a matter of fact Peter from the channel Decentralized TV hammers home this very fact every chance that he gets, and he and his team are getting ready to launch a social crypto trading platform called yen.io very soon.

But back to the main focus of this write up, and to speculate a little, just for fun. I'm sure the small youtubers will wake up from their slumbers once the markets turn around for good, but maybe, they will have fallen behind by a big margin by then. Nothing left but to wait and see...