The creation of Bitcoin was the first time, both in human history and indeed in the history of our plant, that a natively digital decentralized global currency was conceived - first used by a small group of dreamers, cypher-punks, programmers, geeks, gamers, philosophers, libertarians etc, and from then on just growing and growing and growing, defeating every hurdle raised along the way. It is not often that a movement of the people succeeds over the might of globally entrenched powers, but I believe this is happening. We all have the literally "once in lifetime" (indeed "once in a generation") opportunity to become a part of this. Especially those of us with both access to information, the internet, and with existing wealth stored in fiat currencies.
The revolutionary part (both technologically, politically, philosophically, and economically) is that no longer can any ruler dictate what we as individual citizens may collectively use among ourselves as both a store of value and medium of exchange. This is indeed also why America is becoming a global leader in this area, due to our strong belief in individual freedoms both for the US and globally (not to mention the rights enshrined in our Constitution) and why you see resistance in some communist countries such as China who take more of a collectivist/authoritarian approach to human freedoms.
No longer do we have Governments or other power structures printing "money" which they mandate we use (and of course which they control). And no longer do we need to rely on intermediaries such as banks to control (and effectively steal) our money for their "services". We now have a digitally native, globally universally consistent and accepted currency. And that is a truly revolutionary moment for us as a global civilization.
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