as we are seeing other coin such as litecoin ,monera,etherium , are faster in transaction than btc
There are some altcoins that technologically advanced than bitcoin with a lot of innovative features that make bitcoin an old coin. But bitcoin remained as a king of the cryptocurrncies and its getting difficult to dislodge it from its throne. To overtake bitcoin, an altcoin must have big market capitalization and a price that keeps going up.