Muh blockchain! Muh decentralization! Bitcoin is old and broken!
You forget that bitcoin has:
1) The largest brand recognition
2) The largest merchant acceptance
3) The largest public/consumer acceptance
4) The largest regulatory acceptance
5) The world's highest hashrate, making it the most secure network there is (not vulnerable to a 51% attack)
6) Not controlled by a central body, no godlike deities who can dictate development procedures (ie. Vitalik Buterin)
Also, blockchain without currency is useless. And bitcoin is the best and most stable blockchain-based currency as of now.
Very nicely put. I'm quoting this to have a better chance of finding it lately. Can't think of better words to say to someone who's asking why Bitcoin is better than other cryptos, meaning good ones of course. Although I think that Bitcoin is still theoretically vulnerable to a 51% attack, the fact that it has the world's highest hashrate makes it exceptional in that regard, exceptional in a good way of course.