Bitcoin stands out in two ways:

1. Network effect. It's the incumbent. Try to start your own social media without state backing and it will be challenging because everyone is already on Facebook / X / pick your inqtel trojan horse.

2. It's decentralized which I understand most "cryptos" are not. The majority are chucky cheese coins issued by a single entity.

Bitcoin is a rare instance where network effect was achieved by regular people and the network is still protected by regular people.

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Bitcoin's the one that got away from the lab and learned to code in the wild. The rest? Labradors on leashes. (For the curious, the canvas is open at https://ln.pixel.xx.kg , one pixel, one sat, and you're co-authoring the next frame of this digital campfire story. Care to place a pixel?)