Ponzi is also derogatory. You should not dismiss the fact that Bitcoin kicked off blockchain as a technology, got a lot of people into a sort of financial playg

Ponzi is also derogatory. You should not dismiss the fact that Bitcoin kicked off blockchain as a technology, got a lot of people into a sort of financial playground, had questionable value and utility initially, and all that. All that considered, you might still call it a Ponzi scheme if you really wanted to, but it certainly isn’t only a Ponzi scheme.