Maxis could have learned from Monero's experience. But instead of seeing the price suppression of Monero for what it was, they cheered on Monero NGL from a perspective of superiority.

And embraced the Trojan horse that are ETFs with open arms.

If Satoshi's whitepaper matched 2024 reality it would read: Bitcoin - a fully surveillable KYC IOU financial institution to financial institution transfer mechanism without going through a central bank.