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I’m seeking solid, fact-based arguments to explain why Bitcoin remains the superior option and why altcoins often fail as alternatives.
If you're not giving such advice professionally, my advice is to not give it at all - because why would you convince someone that option A is better than option B or C? What can happen to you (and probably will) is that some of the altcoins you claim are scams will have a maga pump at some point and then your friends will tell you that you financially damaged them with your advice.
People invest in alts because they want a much higher profit than they can expect from investing in BTC, because today who is satisfied with x2 or x3 when they know there is a possibility to get x50, x100 or x1000?