To visualise 2022 as a time when bitcoin didn't exist, we would have to remove all the growth, impact and prosperity that bitcoin has caused. Bitcoin demonstrated the way wealth and commerce can be decentralised. The extraordinary potential of blockchain would have also not come to the spotlight and would have been much delayed if bitcoin didn't shoot up to fame. Other cryptos, the P2E gaming model, and all the other incredible innovations would have also been much later or not even explored. There will be much more financial constraints and like someone said, it will set us a decade back.