Bitcoin is a quantum leap. In history we have moved from single entry accounting to double entry accounting (the current traditional financial system despite the interconnectedness based on an ancient accounting system) requiring a 3rd party to maintain integrity a system open to and actively abused. Bitcoin is triple entry accounting an immutable trust-less based system. That's a huge huge innovation. The bitcoin token has been valued by the open market and is the fastest appreciating asset in history.

Fiats actually a flawed manipulated system, look over time at how much value the dollar loses in a generation and to countries that have been destroyed by inflation.