From majority of the Bitcoiners, what actually attracted them to bitcoin is the ability of bitcoin to increase in price over the years. This is the major driver of Bitcoin success. If Bitcoin was to be a stable coin, not much people will embrace it. It is after the volatility of Bitcoin attracted many people, that some people especially the developers understood other important use case of Bitcoin. It is when privacy oriented people began to seek for ways to use Bitcoin in a private way. This is when the idea of decentralization in finance began to become dominant and important to humanity.
Just as we speak now, bitcoin is not all about the price. If it will have to be about the price only the early adopters benefited enormously. Right now bitcoin is a revolution, it is an usher to the new way of financial transaction and payment. Bitcoin is a skill to be learnt, bitcoin and blockchain is a career to be followed. Bitcoin is a different thing to different to different people.