here's how I think about crypto investments

first, "crypto" is too broad of a term and masks too much underlying information and information is the fundamental input of decision

so break them up in some way

this is roughly how I do it:

- apps

- chains

- protocols

- memes

now, there's another distinction to be made

namely: infrastructure vs. platform

basically, infrastructure is fungible but a platform is not

a platform has stickiness due to some sort of network effect (either via liquidity, state, developers, socials, mimetics, or whatever)

on average, infrastructure is a riskier investment because it exerts no control, it can be switched out — but, infrastructure sometimes can become a platform and this would be an asymmetric outcome

(Solana started out as infrastructure and then became a platform for example — almost all new L1s and new L2s are infrastructure at first, not platforms)

each of the above categories can either be infrastructure or platform; you would assess this on your own

for example: coin/btc/eth/sol are platforms — they have something non-forkable in terms of either tech, liquidity, distribution, social cohesion; basically *state*

but shitcoin5670 is "infrastructure" in the sense that it can be swapped out for shitcoin5671 on average — same with *any new chain* or *any new protocol*

infrastructure is only useful to the extent that it can result in un-forkable state and become a platform

the only exception is if the market is so large that being infrastructure is still highly profitable (e.g., a bank stock in tradfi)

from there, you decide how much to allocate to platforms vs. infrastructure and in which categories depending on your risk profile