Aside from Satoshi Nakamoto and those early developers who worked hard and poured their skills, talents, intelligence and even some sweat and sleepless nights for Bitcoin to come into reality, I would be giving credit to everybody no matter how small one's contribution can be. And yes, those people who have been so friendly and supportive of Bitcoin including the most famous to the most unknown...this is a Bitcoin community and we are all important. And of course, the enemies, critics and bashers of BTC are also playing a role in its popularity because without them people's attention to it would not come so easy.
In my opinion, we are getting into the bull run stage but we are not yet there. However, I always prefer a steady rise rather than a big jump that can only be followed by a deep dump. Well, we are in cryptocurrency so we can really expect some stormy weather a lot of times and then when the sun is rising we can see better days ahead. I think the market is right now so positive and that is due to many reasons and one big reason is the continuing adoption by big business with cryptocurrency as we are seeing in the news lately. One thing for sure is we are already out of the power of the bear.
I would say that it is a big YES. However, let's see how it would fare as another competitor of Ethereum primarily since we are talking about smart contracts. Cardano is one of the few we can consider that can be able to at least be at par with leading network with smart contracts and right now the market is reacting so well with its coming Alonzo upgrade. Will we see Cardano getting into the $5 zone because of this upgrade...only time can tell as we live in a roller-coaster market.
I know for sure that there are some ETF filings especially in the SEC but I am surprised that there are actually a lot and so far not a single entity got the final nod or approval of the agency. I surmised that the biggest reason for this non-action is the fact that the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency is not that yet established. That famous infrastructure Bill included the cryptocurrency industry for the sake of getting more taxed and it is not well-studied...let's hope that there will be a more comprehensive bill dedicated to this expanding industry so as to clear confusion and ignorance.
There is no officially recognized developers for Bitcoin but we have volunteers who are working for its development. This scenario is unlike what we usually have in Ethereum and other popular blockchain network...which in fact raise the question on centralization and decentralization. Now, the question is: Is this set-up better than what alts have or do we still prefer something that has clear and visible leadership on it?