Do you think the currency part of crypto currency is actually failing? Thoughts?
It fails and i would not consider crypto as a currency again because the volatility of crypto has been preventing it to be used as a currency and then it would never become an alternative way to replace the fiat or real currency because the volatility. So many merchants are rejecting or even ignoring to use crypto.
The matter whether it fails or not returns to you as an individual, not Bitcoin. You can pretty much use your Bitcoin as a means of payment right now (not as widely as one would like, but still). Remember, Bitcoin is decentralisedit has no authority to control or promote it. It is about adoption rate, and how likely merchants and businesses are willing to accept it. Bitcoin is still young, give another 10 years, then judge whether it failed or not.