The thing you need to know is that the bitcoin is like every other cryptocurrency , if the btc was going high like 24k if i remember ,its just bubble the people with big amount of bitcoin was manipulating the market in other word they was pumping the bitcoin the only thing you can do is taking advantage of this moment
Theres nothing to be scared .the bitcoin have making his roots i really think that nothing can stop it from being use. Yes the government can try to regulate it but the only thing they can act on his the people identity and authenticity of the product people are offering like finding a way to avoid the scammer
Probably one day somebody is going to create a fork of the bitcoin which can comfort the smaller btc transaction but for now you have to wait the confirmation or pay a fortune