It did create and then prove an incredible and utterly novel and important concept.

Your downvotes are invalid.

I don't own and never have owned any btc, or any other crypto, and at this point wouldn't touch btc in particular with a 10' pole for several different reasons.

But the very concept of a distributed ledger that may actually be trusted is both revolutionary and proved.

It's collossal despite all the current degenerate uses and wasteful implementations.