i've been around this community a few years and i still don't get why anyone would chose bitcoin.
don't get me wrong i believe in an alternative p2p currency, but to me bitcoin certainly doesn't cut it.
about the only answer people have is first mover advantage. but that's pretty much it.
bitcoin seems to, over time, be drifting more into a centralised system, core dev team where so few as 5 completely control the code, backed by what has come to light time and time again a very questionable central organisation.
have VC with their little startups jumping on board left right and center, and we know their goals
, bitcoin's heading more and more like being the bank product it was meant to be an alternative to 
seems the only way to back bitcoin is keep your head it the sand and hope it'll all turn out good in the end........
don't get me wrong i believe in an alternative p2p currency, but to me bitcoin certainly doesn't cut it.
about the only answer people have is first mover advantage. but that's pretty much it.
bitcoin seems to, over time, be drifting more into a centralised system, core dev team where so few as 5 completely control the code, backed by what has come to light time and time again a very questionable central organisation.
have VC with their little startups jumping on board left right and center, and we know their goals
, bitcoin's heading more and more like being the bank product it was meant to be an alternative to seems the only way to back bitcoin is keep your head it the sand and hope it'll all turn out good in the end........
Have you already found an alternative? Or it's just an concept/forecast by now?
well i think there is atleast one coin better the bitcoin, but this thread is more about the concept of looking elsewhere and not just being stuck in the bitcoin is best nothing could better it, mindset.
also having been behind the scenes in many a crypto, i've considered creating in my mind the ideal p2p currency, just many an issue i have with all current cryptos arent easy to solve.
well yes i kinda do get the feeling bitcoin is a dead end road, i like the idea of a decentralised p2p currency, definitely.
i think if you read up about bitcoin and the theories and the hype from the core crypto nerds and the would be new world bankers with vc backing, there's a bit of an initial wow, great concept.
then you try to use it, investigate a little more how it solves some of the problems it tries to address, then the sparkle goes a way.
i think fiat certainly aint the way forward, and the current system is kept alive because of the fear of what would happen (at this point in time) if the system failed.
i think we should certainly investigate better ways to solve many of the flaws in bitcoin.
the alt community should be doing this but the crypto faithful in it are too stuck in how bitcoin does it mindset, and have a tendency to further complicate the solutions, and the not so faithful flood it with get rich quick scamcoins.