Why are there no altcoins that can replace Bitcoin?

[bitzizzix]

maybe bitcoin will one day be replaced by something that catches the hearts and minds of the global community although I think that's highly unlikely as no one knows in the future.
bitcoin has been running for over a decade building on its momentum and has become a global phenomenon, I imagine it will take time for something else to replace it.
there is still a long way to go even though we are no longer in this world and there is a possibility that there will be new things that we will not experience, so yes or no we will not know and so far no one has replaced it and there are only those who compete but cannot replace it.

[KennyR]

Going through the existence of money it is possible to see different kinds of practice from the early days of human existence. Slowly there happened transformation in the exchange and trade process leading to the creation of coins and paper currencies. After a long the gold as a backing to the currency happened and this standard is being followed by the countries.

Now in the cryptospace we've been seeing more changes, and existence of different coins. For now gold serves to be the best in terms of usage and as an investment. Most of the new projects compare with bitcoin for promotion and say they have better features and everything, then why they weren't able to overcome bitcoin.

[Fundamentals Of]

Is gold the most valuable metal? I don't think so. Neither is gold the most precious metal. But perhaps gold is the most popular metal. It is partly because of its uses and beauty and because it has played a great role in our culture.

The reason why Bitcoin can't be replaced as Bitcoin is that it is the one and only Bitcoin. The most that altcoins could claim is that they're better than Bitcoin, or they're the next Bitcoin, or they're like Bitcoin. We all have also heard of a claim that they're the original Bitcoin. But whatever they say, they're merely altcoins. It all means they're not Bitcoin. Bitcoin is inimitable.

[Ale88]

Because only Bitcoin is decentralized and that, among many other features, makes it unique.

I totally agree. This is the real reason why bitcoin is unique, the total decentralization. All the other cryptos are created and owned by some individuals, everybody knows how is behind them, bitcoin is the only one that is different and, at this point, I would say also unreachable.

[kotajikikox]

BTC is not only the first coin but it has symbolic value for the entire crypto market, one symbol of the blockchain revolution.
Just like gold, there are thousands of metals produced such as steel, aluminum, silver, etc., which are widely used in daily life. but gold has always been the most valuable metal, still number 1.
So there will be no altcoins that can replace BTC although ETH, Sol, Tron or Xrp... have utilities, applications and technologies that are far superior to BTC.

don't talk that everything is permanent because Indeed that Bitcoin is the symbolic and also the most valuable  but have you ever think of your comparison ?

metal cannot be compared to Cryptocurrency because this can be a usable currency but never be as permanent like Bitcoin in top , there are chance that this can be taken position , but of course this cannot be decided now and there are more time to increase the value of bitcoin because the top is finally  over.

[Pmalek]

If you ask me, some of the altcoins that you're mentioning probably have more utility than bitcoin has, I mean look at ethereum, they probably have more projects attached to them compared to bitcoin.

The DAO exploit proved that Ethereum has the interest of a centralized group of powerful individuals at heart. They mad a re-org so that those 'important' Ethereum figures don't lose money. Bitcoin would never do that as long as the blockchain and consensus rules function the way they should. Everything works properly in Bitcoin. It also worked in Ethereum during the hack, but they still reorganized the blockchain. Ethereum will never be an immutable and decentralized platform. Remember the 3 pillars of blockchain? decentralization, immutability, and transparency. Ethereum failed in this regard.

All those coins that are marketing themselves as being better than Bitcoin have a creator or main developer who gladly cashed out, made millions, and left. Many were pre-mined to generate as much profit as possible for those who created them.

[arcmetal]

I just happened upon an article that answers the OP rather nicely:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/why-bitcoin-has-no-competition

From the article:

Bitcoin’s job is simple. Follow the rules agreed upon by the network and keep going.

That’s it.

It does this job extremely well. Not even the most powerful government in the world has the power to change Bitcoin’s rules.

This, then, is Bitcoin’s key feature. The one thing that sets it apart from every single altcoin: Immutability.

... it then continues and explains how other alts lack the level of immutability which bitcoin seems to have.

[Doan9269]

Just like gold, there are thousands of metals produced such as steel, aluminum, silver, etc., which are widely used in daily life. but gold has always been the most valuable metal, still number 1.

That is right about gold but also know that Bitcoin has a dual application use unlike gold or any other metal, bitcoin is a digital store of value and serve as a good source of an investment assets, the two has been the most leading asset for store of value and Investment in general.

[Hyphen(-)]

I guess its because BTC is unique and the world's best - known crypto coin, and its also Decentralized. All other altcoins must follow Bitcoin's foundation, making it impossible for any altcoin to replace BTC.

[batang_bitcoin]

Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency that has used blockchain technology. It may not be technically as the first crypto because there were other digital cash that have been produced before but they weren't recognized and no success has been with them.
The first born cannot be replaced as it's the market's standard and it's where all of them are relying based on its market sentiment. Have you noticed when bitcoin dumps? altcoins are suffering too?

yes it is. but not all, mostly major alts are following the market trend of btc. and yes, the reality is if you ask someone, not a crypto user, if they know crypto, the first thing that usually comes up with their mind is bitcoin. but if you try to mention -ethereum, solana, xrp or ltc, they will be lost in discussion. so yeah, the popularity of bitcoin now is hard to beat by alts. have you seen also the time that a lot of alts are trying to beat btc - claiming to be the one who will kill btc...where are they now? if gold is like the basis among precious metals, USD for fiat currencies, then we can say, BTC is for cryptocurrencies.

I saw that when most alts were claiming that they're going to kick bitcoin's ass and will replace it. But, none of them became successful as most of them wasn't able to replace it.
That's why if it's about bitcoin, there's no way an alt or alts will be able to replace it. It is the reality although for some it's hard to accept it but it is what it is.

[Viscore]

The main reason is true decentralization, there are a few good altcoins around the market but not truly decentralized. They likely decentralized functionally on the chain, but not overall. Bitcoin is the mother coin backed by the worldwide Bitcoin community and investors that no altcoin succeed to build. That's the reason still now no altcoin replaced Bitcoin. Not sure about the Future, there would be a more powerful cryptocurrency with the latest technologies that would replace Bitcoin. But there is a matter of community that we can't ignore. It will play a major role in replacing Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the most decentralized network and blockchain and no altcoins can be even called decentralized as most of them are totally centralized. The reason why bitcoin remains the only one and that no altcoins can ever replaced bitcoin. Bitcoin is the king of crypto and has the highest store of value while altcoins are just alternative coins for bitcoin and their value are only based on the movement of the price of bitcoin.

[Ebede]

Altcoins are sub branches of bitcoin that makes Bitcoin to have competitor, so no altcoins can challenges Bitcoin or be greater than Bitcoin, instead of that altcoins grow with bitcoin increment in market, from what i notice instead of altcoins to replace bitcoin all the altcoins will vanished

[henmark]

Just like gold, there are thousands of metals produced such as steel, aluminum, silver, etc., which are widely used in daily life. but gold has always been the most valuable metal, still number 1.

That is right about gold but also know that Bitcoin has a dual application use unlike gold or any other metal, bitcoin is a digital store of value and serve as a good source of an investment assets, the two has been the most leading asset for store of value and Investment in general.

What about gold and other metals? They can also do what btc can do but the only difference is that bitcoin is digital and precious metals are physical but anyway it is not about between gold or other metals but it was about the btc and altcoins. No alts can replace btc because alts are not the same as btc, alts are alts and only alts can also replace an alt but I think it's also on the way how people think.

Someone can use an altcoin and thinks this altcoin is better than btc, so he will never use btc anymore. He literally replace bitcoin there but to the majority that loves bitcoin, no matter how good an altcoin is, we will always consider bitcoin to be better than them.

[fullhdpixel]

Bitcoin is the most decentralized network and blockchain and no altcoins can be even called decentralized as most of them are totally centralized. The reason why bitcoin remains the only one and that no altcoins can ever replaced bitcoin. Bitcoin is the king of crypto and has the highest store of value while altcoins are just alternative coins for bitcoin and their value are only based on the movement of the price of bitcoin.

This is true, there are too many centralized projects that people ignore that part. Bitcoin is truly decentralized and I believe there are zero projects with that much decentralization. Of course, you can name stuff like ETH, because we know that Vitalik doesn't "control" it, but at the end of the day if people like to do what he says we should do, then even though he can't change things himself directly, he has enough influence over it to make it less decentralized.

Bitcoin doesn't have a figure at the top, I mean we have Satoshi Nakamoto if we want to be technical about it but he is nowhere to be found and hasn't written anything for many years now.

[Joshapat]

The advantage of bitcoin is that it is the first and most widely developed cryptocurrencies so it is difficult for altcoins to replace bitcoin until now, but if we look at the transaction volume and marketcap data, bitcoin is decreasing, this opens the opportunity that one day there will be altcoins that can compete and even replace bitcoins.

[sumant]

How any altocoins re place bitcoin. Bitcoin is first and successful crypto which has now spread around the world. On the mechanism of bitcoin more coins has come after that. Bitcoin is now most popular and most traded currency. Not any altocoins has the capability to match with Bitcoin. This industry and people around the world always respect btc for a new age of trading experience.

[Adbitco]

To my little point of view Bitcoin happened to be the first digital money that is fast, trusted, reliable and transparent used for payment generally and before all other altcoin was introduced and since from the introduction it has remain the king of all coins therefore it influences the rest coin in the market, moreover it gain lot of strength in terms of developments and acceptability many company's pays their employee in BTC as salary while some eateries accept it. Therefore not all shopping mall accept Gold, Steel, Aluminum, Silver but they accept BTC and other well known cryptocoin such as ETH, Doge.. ect

[LogitechMouse]

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Decentralization.

That alone is enough to say why no altcoins can replace Bitcoin. If they want to change something whether its the code or the rules etc., many people must agree to that change that makes it decentralized unlike altcoins where it is being created by a centralized company or a group of people. Most or all of the altcoins are centralized that they can change anything within their project at anytime if they want to.

[StarKay]

Bitcoin has actually been replaced by altcoin in many aspects but bitcoin is still the number crypto based on market capitalisation, before now we have BTC pairs but now there is ETH pair, BNB pair, OKB pairs etc.

And if you regard USDT as altcoin, it has fully replaced BTC as the number traded crypto according to market volume.

[Kasabus]

Because only Bitcoin is decentralized and that, among many other features, makes it unique. People have recognized this over the years, and those who believed that some new crypto king would emerge were not only disappointed, but also lost a lot of money. All these coins you mentioned have nothing (at least for me) superior, but they are trying to be better than Bitcoin with some innovations that most people don't need or don't understand anyway.

To be honest, everyone is looking for something to buy cheap and one day sell for a thousand times the price. This is how the entire altcoins market works.

Decentralization makes bitcoin more unique from the rest of the coins. And while most of the altcoins are centralized, they are also created based on the concept of bitcoin. So they are not made to beat bitcoin, but to follow the path of bitcoin.

However, this perception is only made based on what is seen in the present. There might be an altcoin that will soon to overcome bitcoin in the future, who knows?  But for now, bitcoin will always be the king of the crypto market and the most in demand crypto in the market.