This article explains cleary why BITCOIN is such a great breakthrough that it does not deserve to even be mentioned with so called 'alt-coins'.
BITCOIN
it's not just a string of blocks as others would like to simplify but a technology breakthrough in monetary system creation: p2p networks, proof-of-work, fixed supply. These are supported by network effects, lindy effect (the more it survives, the more robust it becomes and therefore expected to survive for longer and schelling point.
i believe this is why bitcoin maximalist get so annoyed when someone comes up statements like ‘better than bitcoin’ haha. Bitcoin is a monetary system that is not centralised, there is no other way to create a better bitcoin.
REad more here:
https://medium.com/@nic__carter/blockchain-is-a-semantic-wasteland-9450b6e5012Do you agree?