the only group following the whitepaper is the BSV coin
Why do you think the general public cares about what's in the whitepaper? I'm genuinely curious. Seems like its just a talking point without substance or relevance.
If for no other reason, because the experiment as satoshi originally envisioned it is worth carrying to logical conclusion.
Look at it from this angle for a moment: Satoshi's original invention, aligning the best interests of the individual with the best interests of the system as a whole, unleashed this entire ecosystem. In the design of Bitcoin, he/she/they accomplished what all of humanity had previously been unable to do.
I really don't have a strong aversion to carrying out multiple parallel experiments (that may be an egregious simplification, but the difference is nuanced and inappropriate for the scope of this reply). But should we not carry out the experiment as set forth in the design that led to this entire 'Cambrian Explosion' (there's an overused term) of innovation?
From my perspective, abandoning the experiment as envisioned by its progenitor is pure folly.
Its quickly abandoning itself. We already have a bitcoin, its called bitcoin, and its doing just fine.