liquidity is horrible, really horrible. there are 14 million coins, but selling or buying 100 000 at once on any exchange will pretty much blow up that exchange to zero or infinity. 100 000 is not even 1%
store of value? what store of value, no one can seriously think people would invest life savings in bitcoin when it moves 10% in a day, OFTEN. this is linked to point 3.
if interest is dying amongst bitcoin traders / holders / enthusiasts, how the hell will the public get excited.
why would someone buy something (legal) with bitcoin instead of a credit card? offers zero benefits, only downside.
See what happens if you sell 1% of all dollars at once on any exchange, will be fun.
Yes, people actually do invest their live savings into btc.
Getting the public excited has nothing to do with traders (speculative trading actually does the opposite).
It offers many benefits, the most important one being privacy.