About a week ago I told a colleague about bitcoin and how I like the technology. He got more and more interested.

Then he learned about altcoins and the idea that even if distributed ledger is a great idea - it might not be bitcoin which is left standing.

... so he became less interested... but still considering getting into bitcoin.

Then he learned about bitcoin forks..

.... And he put bitcoin on hold.

...

Adoption of any blockchain backed currency is being hindered by the chaos we have at the moment.

If bitcoin could have been held safely and easily by individuals is still the main hindrance to adoption, but the mess of altcoins and forks etc is another unattractive chaos that is not helping bitcoin at all...