This made me realize we're now past the stage where Bitcoin has about the same inflation rate as gold, entering the stage where Bitcoin's inflation rate is significantly better.

I still prefer dogecoin, which is currently at almost 5% a year inflation and decreases slower than Bitcoin (no halvenings just a constant amount against an increasing total). The inflation subsidizes the network for new users so everyone can actually use it on-chain and no Lightning type thing is needed so far.

You could argue Bitcoin doing less inflation-based subsidy is better for users because they'll see stronger market value increase, but dogecoin has gotten bigger percentage gains against USD over the years so no.

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Go to coinmarketcap look for proof of work coins. You will find 4 or 5 coins.