You ever think of how the vibes of Bitcoins infrastructure feels like the kind of thing that started in 2004? Like early internet. When the internet was wild and lawless. With p2p piracy and MMO games and unrelated forums.
I guess 2008 2009 wasnt that much later and other decentralized ideas were already floating around earlier.
From this perspective it's kinda weird how volatile BTC/USD still is and how few shops accept it. I guess that could be because Lightning came way too late.