It's more revolutionary than most people think. They think it's about making your own money and making transactions. But it's more Orwellian, making people get in line with the "consensus" . And I'll go a step further, it's also helping to create AI. And when AI becomes self conscience, I don't know if the human race will be useful to it.
You wrote it yourself "childhood", a living being that still has to become aware.
(Twilight Zone stuff)
Wow. I need some time to reflect on this.