Some variation or piece of GNU/Linux is running on the vast majority of computing devices on the planet. One could argue it and its core philosophies have enabled most of the tech industry in part by being free. If that's not winning, I don't know what is. No one has starry eyes about it because people aren't making out like bandits being gate keepers to the tech. It's free, it's open. It's so free and ubiquitous that it's not even considered. It's just a bedrock tool. Like the hammer, or a fire. Has fire "lost" because it has a low market value?
Regarding crypto use cases, while they're obviously still being explored, the core features remain:
These are things you get when you use an open platform like, say, Ethereum, or whatever next iteration.
"The average person," whatever that means on a planet of 8 billion, may not need these things among stable, prosperous governments, with low corruption, upstanding law enforcement, and equal protection under the law, but anyone who lives outside those golden scenarios, either today or in the future, might desire such features. They might even help them survive.
Regarding crypto use cases, while they're obviously still being explored, the core features remain:
opt-in, democratizing, privacy preserving, data protecting, open, transparent, auditable, provable, p2p, cheap
These are things you get when you use an open platform like, say, Ethereum, or whatever next iteration.
"The average person," whatever that means on a planet of 8 billion, may not need these things among stable, prosperous governments, with low corruption, upstanding law enforcement, and equal protection under the law, but anyone who lives outside those golden scenarios, either today or in the future, might desire such features. They might even help them survive.