You know you can research this stuff right? Gasoline was a waste product in the refining of crude oil (specifically, into Kerosene [itself a replacement for whale oil] they were making anyways). It used to be considered garbage. [1] It really only became valuable once they realized they could power cars with it. They used to dump it in rivers, making them catch fire. [2]

In what - concrete - way is bitcoin related to the success of Amazon or the internet? Please be specific and don't hand-wave if you're going to make such bold claims.

[1] https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/02/24/gasoline-used-to-be-con...

[2] http://www.attendly.com/rockefellers-unconventional-approach...

The internet and amazon displaced the old business models with e-commerce. Bitcoin could do that with money/gold.

This is similar to train->car.