I'm amazed that BTC is already so passé that replacements are emerging.
What...?
BTC is most definitely not passé. Au contraire! It's one of the most upcoming technological developments we're about to see. Stuff's gonna change bigtime

Thirdlight, when you said that bitcoin has a lot more to offer, do you mean the intellectual satisfaction of participating in a movement or something else altogether?
Well, freeing the world of banks and their unbridled greed and control, for instance.