Theres a difference from invention and development and usage. Just being an inventor sadly is not always a path to riches because you have to part be of the industry which gains from it. Im not sure having 1 BTC token is a path to riches people imagine it will be, its usually about the cycle of money not the plain asset. Wider industry believes BTC is a demonstration not the final form of this technology. Even if blockchain is essential in 20 years it might not be giving BTC holders any part of that.
that's the same thing nocoiners have been saying for years now: "blockchain not bitcoin"! maybe so, but this projection is becoming less and less likely everyday. very little meaningful progress has been made in applications of blockchain technology beyond bitcoin's use cases. meanwhile, bitcoin continues to strongly dominate the market and shows no sign of an asset bubble collapse a decade later.
even if there are breakthroughs in other blockchain or distributed ledger technologies, i'm becoming increasingly skeptical of the idea that another cryptocurrency will replace bitcoin for its monetary attributes.
people didn't adopt gold because it's what industry wanted. they adopted it because of universal faith in gold as money, developed over time. that's the course that bitcoin may be on. i wouldn't dismiss it so easily if i were you.
