I don't know, there are very few places where you can actually spend/use it. Seems most are just holding it thinking they will get rich in a few days. Almost all post on this board is nothing but spam for sig/post count.
There are entire threads counting up the thousands of BTC lost forever. I could go on.
What is it about BTC that makes it a winner?
For a 6/7 year old currency that came out of absolutely nowhere and started at zero you're not impressed with the progress? man, you're hard to please.
last time i checked there were thousands of places where i could spend it.
what makes it a winner is trust. more people trust it than any other alternative and all this ethereum stuff goes to show how much can go wrong with unproven coins. it ain't going anywhere soon.