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> other coins.

Which ones do you think promise the same properties as potential long term store of value (as bitcoin does) and offer even more? Because that's what "better" will have to mean, if some other coin is setting out to compete and potentially replace bitcoin.

> I refuse to mention any specifically because it doesn't matter to the hardcore bitcoiners anyway.

Well, in this case you're merely putting a claim out there without even so much as pointing to the hint of a proof/example .. not very convincing.

Exampe: there was a time, maybe 5-6 years ago, when I though bitcoin was a huge waste of energy .. and I looked for alternative concepts ... and I found something called "timekoin" .. it sounded promising but never picked up any momentum .. back then, #timekoin has been my example I'd point people to when I talked about alternatives.

If you can't do it, too bad.

> To them, bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency.

Well, with all your concerns about bitcoin, you probably see that bitcoin having been around now quite a few years kind of loosely suggests that there is some stability (even if the price is quite volatile) in the system ... yes, alternatives have the additional burden of overcoming bitcoin's first mover advantage, but you see this hurdle everywhere in other fields, so it's not a good argument.
The supposedly "better" alternatives will simply have to proove their worth over the years.

I'm not a "hardcore bitcoiner" btw, don't even own any.