The premise of this thread is spot on, even if the examples are slightly weak.
Haha, good examples are not my forte. Perhaps ridiculous examples are. 
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All could be implemented with minor changes to the bitcoin code base. (I am a coder by trade.) So as an investor you would be betting on which group is more likely to build the most valuable consensus.
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Unless you buy into the idea that there is a build in demand for bitcoins just because they exist as a limited commodity. In that case, I've got some things I think you'll be interested in...
I definitely would be interested, as long as there is a use value for which bitcoin data is superior to any other string of seemingly random 1's and 0's 
. Edit: Actually, I'm interested either way. Let's hear it.