Most people think Bitcoin is controlled by big institutions and whales..

It's not. Not yet anyway..
67% of all Bitcoin is held by regular people. Not banks. Not hedge funds. Not governments. Just individuals who decided to own a piece of something that can never be inflated away..
And here's the thing that makes this genuinely different from every other asset..
There will only ever be 21 million coins. That's it. Forever. No government can print more. No central bank can change the limit. No committee gets to vote on it..
In a world where every currency is being printed into the ground.. that's not just attractive. That's kind of remarkable.