It seems to me that the decentralization of bitcoin is a mistake. The last time we see a constant struggle between developers and miners. Internal contradictions do not allow to develop bitcoin and you can blow it from the inside. Now I do not see a clear strategy for the development of bitcoin and it's very sad.
I would rather call Bitcoin an experiment to see if a decentralized system that can't be controlled by any single party can be viable in the long run. Though the best case scenario I'm seeing right this second is that the implosion of Bitcoin will be controlled in such a way that alternatives with extra useful features, like Ethereum, are not hurt very badly in the long run and there are perhaps two or three competing decentralized services in each niche so that one can continue if another collapses.