If you consider the change of color from that version to the current popular version, purely in orrange, it is a big change and I like it, simple and neat, easy to recognize. It fits with the trend of simplify logo desgins from colorful to single color or as less colors as possible.
You can look at the long history and changes of Apple's logo. Their current version is simple and perfect.
https://medium.com/@thelogocreative/apple-logo-evolution-it-all-started-with-a-fruit-e976427f5292
Although the current LOGO of bitcoin is not bad but the search Looking for the best should continue.
As you have seen the LOGO of Microsoft windows that not changed but improved in every version of the windows. This effort is still ongoing. So the effort for a much-improved LOGO of bitcoin should continue.