Due to how easy it is for governments to track and stifle, Bitcoin is obsolete as an alternative to state sanctioned currencies. While Bitcoin introduced many brilliant ideas from nowhere, it is more and more clear that Satoshi Nakamoto's vision is achieved better by other coins.

At this point, Bitcoin is about as useful as gold and silver people hold onto it not because they want to use it as a currency, but because they like the idea of its value increasing over time. Ultimately it's just a decentralized Ponzie scheme at this point. The most meaningful increase in Bitcoin's price is due to inflation.

The fact that people are trying to add layers like lightning on top of Bitcoin is proof that it is behind the times. Alledgedly Lightning is anonymous, but why does Bitcoin need a layer above it in order to be anonymous? We have come full circle. The original currency is now the shitcoin, copying features from estanlished cryptocurrencies in the hopes of making a quick buck off of people who don't know any better.

That doesn't mean that the vision of Bitcoin is dead; only that it lives on in the true crypto-currencies of the world. Korg, you can still be a Bitcoin maximalist, but you can't do it by shilling Bitcoin anymore. If you truly believe in Satoshi Nakamoto's vision, then you must follow it where it leads you. The spirit of Bitcoin was never meant to be the mere store of value that we see in it today. The true Bitcoin is the tokens used for trade outside of the grasp of legislators and intelligence agencies. Bitcoin isn't BTC any longer.