It's just a lightning rod, in a reverse sense of that idiom, for people who are looking for answers to how the money is used to rob people.
The reason being that the concept of cantillionaires and the original meaning of "inflation" are almost central canon of the Bitcoin meme. 21 million bitcoin, as opposed to the ivory tower interest rate control of central banks.
It's important alright, because it is a defense against this method of covert mass robbery.
And because it is a lightning rod for related discontent, it is also becoming a protocol centre point, like a protocol lightning rod, for open protocols, like Lightning and indeed Nostr.
I am saying the word Lightning a lot this last half hour. Super hyped about the connection between Indra and Lightning.