the reason for the uncertainty and doubt is because even the core devs say this about btc
"its still in beta and not ready for public use"
"its an experiment"
"btc blockchain cant scale"

yes the very guys programming it say that.
as for qustioning death...
tulips are still sold at gardening shops every day. so tulips didnt die.. but they are not what they were before


i know many sheep who want to shout 'its too big to fail' purely because they dont want it to fail because they have invested alot into it.. but the reality is just having "first mover" status does not secure it.

what needs to happen is to have devs actually treat it as something that needs to be programmed better. and not divert their attention to other networks and projects that tag onto BTC but wont be sole features of only btc.

EG LN is not a btc solution. its a side feature for multiple coins to use.. and trust me, multiple coins will use it. LN is just paypal 2.0 locking funds up much like locking gold into fort knox. or locking your bank account fiat into paypal account and then letting people play around with unaudited unconfirmed transactions away from fort knox/banks

leaving true btc onchain innovation and expansion to stagnate.
P.S i have alot invested in btc too. but instead of kissing ass and putting my head in the sand saying its all rosy and utopia, im not afraid to admit its short comings in the hope others shout about it too and actually get some momentum going to get the short comings resolved. instead of ignoring the issues and pretending its utopia until it collapses

.. after all there is only so many times you can shout Myspace is the best thing ever invented and nothing needs to change.. right up until facebook occurs... think about it