Ordinals cracked it. 1 sat no longer = 1 sat. Now it can equal any amount of sats.

Brc20 blew it open. Your 1 sat which could equal anything now has a number written on it which could be anything.

Runes took it one step further. You know a utxo? Fundamentally valueless? Now it can be worth any amount of sats.

Alkanes take it home. You know a utxo? Now you can program numbers on it that can be worth an infinite amount of $sats with any interconnected game theory to a web of programmable assets.