What if... dare I say it... No... no one will like it... What if BTC gets replaced?? Of all the craziness who would dare say such a thing.
who would dare?? ME!!
So many altcoins perform the currency function and have better transactions speeds, fees, and scalability...
Bitcoin is gold you say? Even Charlie Lee claims this and calls his litecoin silver, why would he say this? Cause he wants to remain in the silver position. That's why.
It's gold, it has value, it can't be replaced, the supply is limited yah de yah de yah de...
Well guess what!!! It can be replaced, other coins perform the same function but better!! Are they as secure, maybe not. But they are secure enough to never be hacked so why does that matter.
Is gold that is super difficult to mine more valuable then gold lying on the ground? NO TIS NOT!! MINING FEES DO NOT = VALUE.
Would you buy a car that uses 10x more gas to go from A to B?? NO YOU WOULD NOT!! But this car came first, everyone believes in it, it costs way more to make so it must be worth more. Right? Right? Right?
Best article you can read about the Lightning network:
https://medium.com/@jonaldfyookball/mathematical-proof-that-the-lightning-network-cannot-be-a-decentralized-bitcoin-scaling-solution-1b8147650800