I don&#x27;t really understand the other guys&#x27; argument, but I don&#x27;t necessarily agree with you either.<p>In my opinion, bitcoin will be overtaken by another coin, most likely ethereum. This is because while bitcoin has many issues, the underlying tech (blockchain) is sound.<p>The reason ethereum will succeed is because it is not just a currency. It&#x27;s not even mostly a currency. It is a decentralized network that gives users the ability to engage in <i>trustless programmatic contracts.</i><p>Decentralized, meaning that no one person has the ability to tamper with important documents or files.<p>Programmatic in that contracts are actual programs that get run at a predetermined time.<p>And trustless in that some third party mediator isn&#x27;t required to enforce terms. This point is the most important because it means that organizational structures that simply would not be feasible otherwise are possible.<p>Organizations as we know them today are necessarily built like pyramids (governments, large corporations) or they are kept very small for mobility (startups). With trustless organizations, this won&#x27;t (always) be true anymore.<p>And with the momentum of these features, I could see Ether (Ethereum&#x27;s currency) dethroning Bitcoin. It&#x27;s already got a fifth of the market cap that BTC has.