&gt;the network caps at 7 transactions a second (by design).<p>That&#x27;s going to be changed fairly soon.<p>I suspect that a lot of people are just going to use the bitcoin blockchain out of inertia, just because it&#x27;s easier to use a proven platform than something you build yourself.<p>Unless someone needs a feature that bitcoin doesn&#x27;t provide, I don&#x27;t see any competing blockchain taking its place.