I'm getting to believe that Bitcoin (Blockchain) was a "test" and a way to get normal internet "average joes" to start using it when it first started...
Here's my line of thought... if not for severe mismanagement/abuse/inflation of the dollar, there would be much less appeal for crypto. It's the crappiness of fiat that makes crypto appealing. It's the abuses of payPal, etc that drive people to crypto, but I do think it's a trap ultimately...
The bait has been early adopters who flaunt their financial freedom, etc... And now the appeal of crypto is that some slob can't sneeze on it and transmit a disease to you.
I don't think BTC is necessary tied to the Biblical mark of the beast (forced chipping of citizens in order to participate in the economy), but it could well be a prototype for it...
I already told someone this morning, I'd rather take a bullet than participate in any NWO scenario... and I don't mind trading in my crypto for streets of gold lolz ...