Tim was super early, 10 years ago it would have been difficult to forecast $70k BTC and have conviction to hold that entire time.
Nowadays the network is well established and more and more are working out that if they just get a piece of this absolutely scarce asset and HODL, it will likely continue outperforming every other thing you could put your purchasing power in because more and more people are going to continue working this out and doing the same.
A flywheel effect is already initiated now. Get on board or get hit by the freight train.
People tend to emulate successful people and once everyone has a few successful Bitcoiners in their circles, they’re going to take it seriously and start emulating them too.