After the NSA hack, and the Bitfinex hack, it's looking dire for Bitcoin. The problem is the reputation of Bitcoin the brand is in the toilet. As a technologist (not a Bitcoiner or Bitcoin maximalist), I will gravitate to whichever technology offers the most utility to mainstream users.
Bitcoin isn't even really private, nor can it scale, and if I wanted a digital cash I would choose Dash over Bitcoin. The price of Dash is what? Yet Dash offers so much more utility than Bitcoin for the exact same use cases.
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