Better question: where would bitcoin be without the move up from $0.01 to $16,250.

There would be no segwit, no lightning, no nuthin.......just another obscure tech project.

Here's some unsolicited life advice for you: re-read your answer to me and honestly assess whether you were offering me advice, as in: as a speculator I am not "using it, building on it, or educating people about it". Cause that's how it came across: Be the virtuous builder and educator, like me.