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Sorry it took me so long. I'm in agreement with many, in that I expect Bitcoin to function like gold does in the real world. As the Crypto market goes on and replaces the system now, people will look to Bitcoin as a place to store money in times of uncertainty.

There are too many hard forks happening and not enough soft forks, like segwit. I'm not a BCash, BGold, BDiamond etc. hater, but hard forks at this point seem to mainly be driven by speculation and greed. Although, I do understand the passion behind those projects. However, it seems like they are just riding the Bitcoin name. (Honestly, with lower transaction fees, if there were more BCash coin pairings, it would be my main trading coin.)

While the team is continually improving the Bitcoin core project, I would like to see more soft forks happen. That will allow Bitcoin holders and users to test the new code for an extended period of time. That would allow the coin to improve and remain stable.

Right now, Bitcoin is too slow and expensive to compete for real world usage like Ripple, but it's not going anywhere.