Bitcoin has not really helped me financially in a big way because I sold mine way to early I also used to have a fair bit of Litecoin which I also sold way to early. Now I dont really do much with Bitcoin but my money is now mostly in alt coins or shit coins as people like to call them I now have a decent amount of money in staking coins and can happily say I am making profits from them. I doubt I will really buy much into Bitcoin again as there are now so many other coins which are both far easier to mine and stake and get a decent return back. 
Not really helpful? but you are helped by alt coins in financial terms? wouldn't Bitcoin altcoins not even appear until now?
So Bitcoin is your bridge to know more about the altcoins you currently hold. Back again to the awareness of each individual, if it only refers to finance, maybe the benefits of Bitcoin will not be felt, but if you look at it from the perspective of the birth of Bitcoin, it has clearly inspired other altcoins to live.