> Where is the revolution? A common thread among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is that the revolution is coming... except it never does.
A technology doesn't need to have all of its potential realized in the first few years of its existence.
> Where is the disruption? Bitcoin is a smidgeon of a fraction of the commerce activity happening on the internet
The Internet was a fraction of the commerce activity happening relative to Sears / JC Penney / Walmart. Yet clearly only a few decades later all of these are disrupted by the Internet.
> bitcoin remains difficult and relatively unsafe to use (for the non-technical masses) and provides zero benefits for most people.
...as was the Internet for the first few decades.
> Contrast these facts on the ground with the never-ending blockchain hype and the result is overall disillusionment with blockchains in general.
This compares directly to, "Have you ever heard of radio?"
Literally every dismissal of cryptocurrencies you made would have applied exactly to the Internet in the early '90s or prior. There are far more similarities than "people were skeptical of both." It's totally fine to take your position but it's unrealistic to claim these as reasons it can't succeed.