Well most folks do mistakes bitcoin as cryptocurrency as a whole ( which is not right though) , because cryptocurrency is like the general terms use for all digital currency, and bitcoin under that category of been a digital currency. So bitcoin is coin on is own , and it's the first of its kind (digital currency), that's why is the king of all digital currency, like the original . (Now am making it sound like a movie 
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The best way to learn is excepting your mistakes and taken correction, so nice one 😁 GIF-JOBS, this shows that you are here to learn and to expand your bitcoin knowledge.
He who fails to learn things the right way we surely learn it the hard way. They will get burned by altcoin, or they will realize too late that Bitcoins value and principle are unparalled. Either way there is always a lesson waiting for them. Based on the way they classify Bitcoin as cryptocurrency they will see need to start investing in other coins that might make them regret in the future and if they lack belief in Bitcoin then its more likely they will still procrastinate and not start their investment journey. ) ,The best way to learn is excepting your mistakes and taken correction, so nice one 😁 GIF-JOBS, this shows that you are here to learn and to expand your bitcoin knowledge.
Bitcoin isnt jsut the first but the foundation of the decentralized space. No other currency replicates this trifecta. Yet people still classify it under cryptocurrencies where the name has been condemned with the performance of shitcoins.
I can't really relate when it comes to learning the hard way In this space, yes there altcoins that can make folks make good amount of money, but there are alot of coins at there , so how are you going to know which to buy because any wrong move and you reckt without thinking of bouncing back most time , but with Bitcoin you can easily start accumulating, without any much fear because as Time goes on Bitcoin may keep going up , though it may experience some up and down trend . So in other words when comes to long-term holding bitcoin is the best and the safest compare to oher currencies.
Let me use this medium to announce that am running a speculation contest .
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5524069.msg64881735#msg64881735
As long as Bitcoin is concerned no altcoin is promising dont be deceived that there are coins out there that is more safe to invest in than Bitcoin. Whats the point of investing when your asset is not safe and secured? Or would you prefer to rely on hopes or luck when you invest in shitcoins when you can have a safe investment in Bitcoin?
The choice is open but it seems they are ignorantly of the advantage of investing in Bitcoin and they will learn one day from it, when one of those shitcoins has dealt with them. This is learning the hard way. When life teaches someone a lesson because they fail to take hid in following the right part from the very beginning.