The internet hit 20% adoption in 17 years. Bitcoin hit 4.7% in the same time.
But you shouldn't compare a shopping mall to a monetary system:
The internet spread because it gave you something instantly useful -
email, search, entertainment.
Bitcoin doesn't work like that.
Monetary networks spread through distrust, not convenience.
People don't swap savings rails when things are fine, they do it when the cost of staying becomes unbearable.
That's why the internet's adoption curve is the wrong benchmark.
Compare it to how the dollar replaced the pound as the global reserve, or how gold moved across borders during currency crises.
Those transitions took decades... then happened almost overnight.
Bitcoin at 4.7% and is already faster than any monetary shift in recorded history.
So the question becomes, what breaks the dam?
Better UX, widespread macro stress, mass MoE integration, further regulatory clarity, agent-native payments
Any one of those would add 10% to the curve
Money doesn't get replaced by being better, it gets replaced when the old system makes staying too expensive.
The cost (debasement) is rising every year.
4.7% is just the people who noticed first.
