There have been countless of technological achievements since 2008/2009, which have seen mass user adoption, to the point where we have apps and devices which we can't think without. Yet, Bitcoin with so much promises, in the same time (~6 epochs), has yet to achieve any sort of consumer adoption (in 14 years!). I'm hardly willing to call Bitcoin alive.

At this point it's similar to that wall mural that reads

"God is dead - Nietsczhe"

"Nietschze is dead - God"

The first line would be written by those that entered crypto having believed its promises of financial salvation, but ended up losing a lot of money. As far as they're personally concerned, crypto is dead.

The second would be written by those who have already bestowed supernatural qualities upon Bitcoin, and thus no longer concern themselves about its relationship to earthly reality, i.e. its price in dollars. The focus is now about more abstract concepts that don't easily translate to hard cash.

You have been fooled by 0% interest rates.