Well, while the hyperbole might be grandiose during the stages of bitcoin&#x27;s infancy - everything claimed is plausible if it can scale.  At least to the point of being a global currency and transfer of value alongside govt and central bank fiat.<p>Sometimes the economic winds favor different assets both liquid and long term stores of value.<p>Bitcoin adds a legitimate, scarce, immutable form of ownership of something that can be transferred with the least amount of friction of any other asset (including cash).<p>Hyperbole or not, where it is now compared to 2009-2012 is extremely impressive.  It&#x27;s an exciting space to watch develop over time, love it or hate it.<p>I think those that don&#x27;t understand it but are quick to judge or regurgitate the opinions of their peers (it&#x27;s a ponzi, tulip mania, etc) are just as hyperbolic and ignorant.<p>I don&#x27;t see how anyone can argue that bitcoin and it&#x27;s blockchain is not an impressive, elegant technological solution to a problem that needed solving.