the tenets were doomed by the design from the start.
This is a difficult statement to navigate.
The tenets of Bitcoin extend beyond Bitcoin.
All cryptos in existence only exist because of Bitcoin.
The capture of Bitcoin will ironically fund the tenets of Bitcoin across other brands/networks.
So how can we say that they've failed?
The need for these things to happen (disintermediation) only grows stronger every year.
It's almost guaranteed to succeed at this point because it's the only path forward that scales.
But at a certain point I have to admit that we aren't even in disagreement...
Just talking about completely different things.