Bitcoin like the first crypto currency has many drawbacks. Will you make it perfect? it will be great!
Yes, this project is focused on making a product of bitcoin which will overcome the difficulties which users and miners of bitcoin experience in their everyday transaction work and while working with bitcoin. They are trying to enhance mining and also the transaction fees problem which every bitcoin user faces every day.
You're right, a good news to our community that contributes to the decentralization and helping to protect it from failure. Also, the team launched Bitcoin Interest to help the community of miners and coin holders alike, as they are the ones that continue to drive this industry towards success and this project built using the latest technology, focusing on speedy frictionless transactions. Very impressive project which for sure have a great potential in the future.
The coin is created as well for support and popularisation of original bitcoin. Many want to receive coins free of charge, simply holding bitcoin in purses. If developers they constantly modernise and to improve one's coin and to submit interesting ideas to general review, then at fork definitely there is the future.