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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 Kiss

, bitcoin's heading more and more like being the bank product it was meant to be an alternative to Shocked

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.

So you asked us "Why bitcoin"? And I have another question for you. "If not the Bitcoin then what"? Are you telling us that the bitcoin is the dead end of evolution of cryptocurrency? Do you think we should abandon it and create some other coin now? Or do you think FIAT is enough and we don't need to bother ourselves with cryptocurrency at all?

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.

So you admit it yourself that bitcoin is indeed the best option we could have for now. I can see that you are trying to say that FIATs are relicts of the past. Altcoins in general are distraction and wasting time for something what will probably fail in the long run or will be very hard to 'put through' (as great number of them failed already are in the process of failing). And our really one and only option is to focus on perfecting bitcoin...

well you're interpreting what i am saying wrong. i'm know there alts that are better then bitcoin even as we speak, certainly they are not perfect but a few are certainly an improvement on bitcoin.

as i've been saying bitcoiners are too blinked in thinking bitcoin is the only way, so in essence, for p2p currencies to move closer to ideal its bitcoin that is the distraction, and the cryptocommunities obsession with this extremely flawed approach is bad for the future of alt currencies.

i'd certainly agree the alts section here is flooded with scams and crapcoins and thats a distraction as well.