An example of an altcoin that is . . . better and exactly what about it makes it . . .] better?
Real innovation is coins like Bitshares, Nxt, Zerocoin, etc.. too many to list.
So, no examples of what exactly makes any of these "better"?
3 years? I said it still has a few pums in it. Which could take longer than 3 years, especially considering there may not even be a pump this year seeing as I though the market is so bearish.
Well, if you are trying to predict the future of technology more than 3 years in the future, you either own a time machine or just have delusions of grandeur.
Yea.. They are careful, too careful. These newer alt coins don't need to be as careful as Bitcoin.
They do if they want to be taken seriously and want to protect the value held by their users.
That is going to hold it back from improving upon itself.
IMHO, it's going to hold it back from destroying itself. I guess we'll see eventually.
This is the same excuse (lol) Litecoin uses regarding making changes and they are worth a fraction of your market cap.
Litecoin? That's another altcoin, right? What does their "market cap" have to do with anything? Market cap isn't even a term that makes sense when talking about currencies. What is the "Market Cap" of the Euro? How about the Peso?
It is not the extreme want to protect funds, but it is a mindset that nothing needs to be changed and everything is a gimmick or scam coin no matter how innovative.
Fortunately there is much discussion in the bitcoin community about things that need to be changed and careful consideration about modifications before declaring them "innovative".
Re 100x... Have you ever heard of an exaggeration?
Yes, and I'm pretty sure that your liberal use of exaggeration is a way to try to add emphasis and importance to things that you think should be important even if they aren't.
There are a lot of coins that are better though...
Better? I'm not aware of any.
More features,
More features doesn't mean better features. More features can also mean worse features.
block times in the seconds,
There is nothing innovative about changing a block time. Block times can be fractions of a second or can be hours or days. Without an explanation about exactly why a particular blocktime has merits (and careful consideration about the drawbacks of a particular blocktime) it is impossible to say whether a given blocktime is better, worse, or neutral. Block times that are too short lead to increased orphaned blocks, longer orphaned chains, less stable mining revenue, and decreased security.
a snazzier wallet,
Putting lipstick on a pig doesn't turn it into something beautiful.
doesn't waste a ton of electricity and processing power like Bitcoin,
I don't see the maintaining of a global financial currency and payment system as a "waste". Are there solutions that provide equivalent security with reduced resource usage?
more anonymous, etc....
Bitcoin allows users to be as anonymous as they want, or as public as they want. Complete anonymity is possible with bitcoin if a user desires it. While some altcoins *might* make this anonymity a bit easier, it is always possible to destroy one's anonymity with carelessness.
Bitcoin looks like a fossil when you take that all into account.
No. Altcoins look like a scam when you take all that into account.
Again, the network effect and infrastructure is the only thing propping Bitcoin up.
Even if that were true (and I still haven't seen any convincing evidence that it is), that network effect and infrastructure will be very difficult for anything else to overcome. Something that is "just a bit" better, won't be able to overcome the foothold that bitcoin already has. It will require something truly innovative and revolutionary.
