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> i was a bit too young to observe but has anyone here seen something similar when the internet craze came out?

Some, but because the money flowed differently it was more common to take successful business idea and start a new VC backed company with successful business + internet tacked on.

Existing companies were naming products with e/i, but again they got nothing close to the boost we are seeing right now with blockchain.




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