Bitcoin's first-to-market advantage and Brand name are HUGE. That's why I hate other coins that have the word Bitcoin in them. They are simply trying to leech off the brand recognition.
I'm very excited and curious as to what will happen when a coin surpasses Bitcoin on the market cap. It will be legendary. I'm rooting for Ethereum and/or EOS.
The biggest problem here is that the general public thinks blockchains are competing companies. They see Bitcoin as the big fish (Google, Amazon, Ebay, etc) that will swallow all the minnows... how little they know.
They are competing and also working on the same goal of decentralization from centralized authority. I'm rooting for EOS because I have more of it lol.
I want to buy EOS but I heard it was illegal in the US... I figured I could wait until it releases but it will probably spike up. Also, buying an erc20 token with no guarantees seems sketchy.