When it rockets into space were sent with the help of the programming language Pascal. Now rockets are also sent into space but in more structured and in detals programming languages. Bitcoin is important to us because of its security and clear functionality. Problems with long transactions can solve the network Lightning.
In terms of connectivity, we already have transatlantic cables settled on the sea to support the feature especially the integration of the lightning network to the bitcoin transaction speed. But if there will be cryptocurrencies that will be developed with the same functionalities but can exceed bitcoin in terms of speed. It is highly possible that it can induce more market adoption and can be called 3rd generation blockchain technologies.