“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.” - 1984
Bitcoin is a P2P value transfer system that was designed to be an upgrade of the traditional financial systems. Bitcoin survived because it's useful and people see it as better alternative to fiat. Bitcoin has done well in its 13yrs of existence and adoption is steadily growing.