I get your point, but in Web2, when a company raises from angels or funds and goes public, most investors aren’t even locked up — it’s a free market where you can sell and let price discovery happen naturally. Some IPOs have 30–90 day lockups, but not years.
Meanwhile, crypto VC invested 2 years before TGE, and now they’re locked for another year after launch. That’s 3 years without liquidity. Add a 2-year vesting, and you’re talking about 5 years total.