Do you think there will ever be a technology that can replace Bitcoin?

[Charmekkd]

Indeed, long ago, before I got to know the internet, it never occurred to me that there would be digital money like bitcoin.
and I also didn't expect bitcoin to become popular and coupled with the price which became expensive because at first the price of bitcoin was cheap.

so in my opinion it is possible that in the future there will be a breakthrough exceed bitcoin.

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[Bazzu]

this topic reminds us of the past, before the world became modern as it is today.
and I used to hear from ancient people that it was impossible for us to fly like birds and also had no idea how,
but as time goes by finally there are scientists who can make planes.
finally humans can fly by boarding the plane.

and now it has shaken the world with the existence of digital money, namely bitcoin, and what makes it is satoshi Nakamoto.

but I think there will definitely be a return that will shake the World,
because there will definitely be the latest innovations, because humans by God have always been given the advantage to think.

[Finestream]

Assuming that humanity will last more than a million years, it's pretty anti-innovation to think that Bitcoin will be the final form of currency/SoV. There will always be something better; it's just the matter of when. But regardless, if there's anything better, it's definitely not going to be invented in the foreseeable future.

Innovation will always be inevitable, so I can’t say that bitcoin is the final form of digital currency. There will always be something new and something better than bitcoin that will arise soon, but as to when it will happen, that will remain uncertain. So instead of thinking what is in store for us in the future, let’s just enjoy the present opportunity that bitcoin has to offer. We all know changes will certainly take place, but it will always be unforeseeable.

[davis196]

But, given that the digital age is just beginning, and presumably will last for the rest of humanity, do you think there could ever be a technology, whether in 50 years or 200 years or 5000 years or whatever, that could be better and more powerful money than Bitcoin and potentially replace Bitcoin?

What do you all think? Is Bitcoin the final money solution for humanity or do you think there is some possibility in the near or far distance future that there will be another 'bitcoin-like' moment in history where someone will revolutionize money all over again and create something so much better than Bitcoin that it overcomes Bitcoin's network effects?

Bitcoin is far from perfect. BTC mining is energy hungry(which isn't a problem in itself, but the environmentalists will keep hating ), the BTC blockchain can't handle millions of transactions per second like the centralized systems. There is still room for improvement of Bitcoin and I think that the BTC developers will do a great job in the future.
There's always a chance for some new altcoin to become more popular than BTC(because of mass adoption), but more popular doesn't mean better.
Nobody can predict what will happen after 200 or 5000 years. Perhaps the concept of money will become obsolete after 200 years and the human civilization won't be needing any money(fiat or crypto).
 

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Definitely, there will always be a technology better than Bitcoin as time goes on, because if you remember you will notice that 15yrs ago there was nothing like Bitcoin of which we have today, and likewise there might be a new invention in the future which nobody has an idea of today.
But the truth is weather there exist any new technology in the future or not, it can't stop bitcoin from being Bitcoin, the decentralized, borderless, fast and most secured digital currency that has ever proven to have the potential of a very high return of investment for long term.

[Note3]

Who can estimate the presence of a new technology? The answer is nothing can.

Technology is always developing and as long as people continue to innovate, new technology will always emerge created to make life easier as well as the financial sector but what form and how no one knows until it really appears.

But at this time Bitcoin will still be continue to be present because not everyone in this world knows and uses bitcoin as a currency

[franky1]

it also depends on the question.. replacing what?

if its about replacing bitcoin as a currency with high store of value or market price measure..
for this to occur its not about having an altcoin that speculates with no underlying value store. a altcoin has to actually have a value store mechanism

bitcoins value mechanism is simple. it has an actual cost in creating new bitcoin.
2010 value was 3cents because cpu mining with only a few dozen people hash competing meant the 50coin reward for 10minutes cpu was cheap

where as now to mine, costs about $16.5k of asic cost per btc

yes the market price speculates ABOVE this value store(non-zero bottom) but to even achieve a sustainable high market price requires a value store that wont crash to zero due to speculation

after all if no one can acquire bitcoin for less then $16k via mining then thats strong support to not sell below $16k becasue everyone elses(less efficient) prices are above $16k so alot of people are happy to buy above $16k

(theres a reason why bitcoin with its high hashrate is also in a higher market window compared to other PoW coins with less hashrate with lower market windows )


so an altcoin needs a practical base value(cost) to limit such speculative drops, to sustain value and thus prices

this means yes a new altcoin that would rival bitcoin would need a real underlying cost/value structure which has real world cost that are above bitcoins. for it to replace bitcoins value/price position as the main/top  crypto

in short .. it wont be a PoS coin that replaces bitcoins value position

that said, here is one caveat
bitcoin hashing cost would need to break and drop significantly where bitcoins value drops and thus market drops.. where no one wants to hold onto bitcoin and instead the majority are willing to sell at a loss. for bitcoins store of value to crash down to super cheap levels where by a altcoin takes first place

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so as this topic mentions "new tech"

imagine a 10 billion dollar quantum machine. was to produce a altcoin that mines just 100,000 coins a year and the lifecycle of the machine is 3 years before it is burned out and a new quantum machine is then mining

$10b for 3 years is a 300kcoin value meaning each coin would be $33k in just hardware cost, add in electric costs would make each coin worth more then that

thus "quantum coin" would then speculate on markets above that total cost amount
(caveat:should the coin have utility/purpose people want to use by owning said coin)

and yes.. the "what if's" ..
what if there were 5 quantum machines of same cost hash competing for the same 100k coin a year. then yes if all costs measure the same then the base value becomes 5x becasue each quantum machine would only get 20k coins each average for their $1b/3 year lifecycle each

[franky1]

scenario:
imagine this

google. microsoft and IBM collaborate to make a quantum coin
using their QC's to mine a altcoin based on quantum logic

meaning the security/attack vectors of binary PC is just no attack vector at all
they become trusted as a having a secure coin.. yes centralised but promoted as secure against attack by a far bigger magnitude than binary logic mining security

(no one can 51% attack QC becasue no one else has a QC to get to QC network hashrate total)

now the question
knowing that it costs BILLIONS for them to mine.
and if their mining algo had rewards of XXX coins an hour. making one coin worth more then bitcoins market price per coin

whereby microsoft ibm and google used its partnerships to make that coin merchant acceptable with thousands of retailers they communicate with

would you buy that coin

here are some thought
1. you cant solo mine or pool mine with them. as you dont have a QC
2. yes its centralised
3. but they have 1000's of merchants accepting the coin
4. you can join the merchant/service and sell goods/services for QC coin

so again would you use it/buy it

[Ryker1]

Definitely, there will always be a technology better than Bitcoin as time goes on, because if you remember you will notice that 15yrs ago there was nothing like Bitcoin of which we have today, and likewise there might be a new invention in the future which nobody has an idea of today.
But the truth is weather there exist any new technology in the future or not, it can't stop bitcoin from being Bitcoin, the decentralized, borderless, fast and most secured digital currency that has ever proven to have the potential of a very high return of investment for long term.

I think it is difficult to say for certain --the world of technology is constantly evolving, and it is possible that a new technology could emerge that solves some of the problems that bitcoin faces. But it is also possible that bitcoin will continue to be the dominant cryptocurrency for the foreseeable future. How many altcoins have competed with bitcoin technology but none of them has the feature like bitcoin that can be a true decentralized like bitcoin?