Bitcoin was never supposed to be an inflation hedge in the first place. That was an idea built by influencers and speculators in the last years. What Bitcoin was supposed to be and is now becoming is a P2p uncontrollable payment network across the globe.
West world uses it as an investment. Poor countries use it as money, as it was designed. The Lightning Network is dealing with the scaling problem BTC was facing mainly since 2016/17 though it processed slowly far today. countries adopt it you can see clearly ( El- salvador )

The lightning network is the solution to the money problem & scalability problem which world is being faced at the moment. Bitcoin is the solution to the money problems not mainly to the inflation problem.