Yes I appreciatethatt & even though the dollar is less infaltionary I did the same. My btc is a lot more valueable to me than the dollars I bought it with. However we are a tiny minority & bitcoin isn't growing. I first bought in 2017 & I don't know a single person who has bought any apart from times in a parabolic move in a bull run & then they stopped & not bought since. For sure bitcoin is more widely known & there's more people holding it since then but the growth is tiny, nothting like the growth spurt of the 1990’s internet the maxi's would have us believe was going to happen.