To my own view!The end goal is to enable people to transact among themselves without these transactions being controlled by governments and mega corps. Bitcoin was definitely money and that the ideological hatred of it was irrational. This monetary view is consistent with the general view I have on cryptos as a part of someones portfolio. As a monetary nerd I am much more interested in the application of cryptocurrencies than I am with the unpredictable value of the corresponding coins.