Bitcoin is an online currency. Even if started with a lower price. Now its value is beyond the reach of ordinary people. But, nowadays, it seems that Bitcoin is losing its popularity.Because, not receiving validity in low income countries. It may be the main reason.
The people can still reach the price of bitcoin and it is an ordinary matter that the value of the bitcoin as very high as of now and the reason behind this is the dominance of it around the world market. This also was the reason why bitcoin become more popular to the people hust because of it's validity and the dominance of it around the world trading. I don't know why did you say so that the popularity of the bitcoin is losing right now, maybe because of the huge dump of bitcoin and that was the reason you say that.