$LINK & $XRP: an allegory 

In the mid 90’s two companies started in online commerce. 

eBay and Amazon

eBay exploded, everyone loved it, and they grew exponentially, but they never varied much from their original template.

Meanwhile, Amazon grew slowly, expanding offerings, expanding services, adding entertainment, building data infrastructure, and way more than most people even understand today.

By 2008, Amazon surpassed eBay and never looked back.
Amazon is now worth 80x more than eBay. Amazon built relentlessly what the market and their customers needed even if the rewards were not immediate. Now Amazon is worth $2.5 trillion and one of the largest companies in the world.

Doing all the hard work while no one is watching pays off in the end.

$XRP is eBay.
$LINK is Amazon