The Quiet Winner of the Crypto Revolution Isn’t Bitcoin

I’ve been a Bitcoin skeptic.

I’ve watched the Bitcoin narrative evolve from payment system to store of value to digital gold and I’ve remained unconvinced that any of these would actually succeed. I’ve written articles about its mathematical impossibilities, expensive electricity requirements, lack of adoption and the list goes on.

But the one thing that is certain is that Bitcoin was the pioneer in the establishment of cryptocurrency. And to this day, Bitcoin rem...