do we really, as the smartest kids in the room, discuss about a cryptocurrency replacing bitcoin?
no fuckin way this will happen in the near future - money and value is an institution
when we say monero is worth 0.004 you may get a hint about what I am talking.
the comparison to any utility spending technology is complete nonsense - you simply do not substitute value for a slightly better technology, imagine what level of stress it would be to change the way we exchange value every 2-3 years

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the reason why monero is so special is because it can fill the biggest existing niche namely privacy - this alone given makes it better than every other coin despites bitcoin.