As you were able to understand that Bitcoin is a decentralized digital financial technology whose users are termed to hold their funds on self-custodial, it should be made obvious that it is not government owned inventory to say it can be manipulated in the the crypto industry as market for exclusiveness where other related financial system are hindered to be adopted or recognized as a force of gaining monopoly backup from the government.
Whilst this is true about Bitcoin that there is no central power that can control or manipulate. But with its market alone, there are several factors that can manipulate the market per se.
The forces of Bitcoin possessing that most dominance in the Crypto markets is as result of its reputations and potentials which has made it even promising potentially to posses more attribute dominance ahead the future.
Just letting you know that Bitcoin is not a government owned technology to be biased in subduing other Cryptocurrencies not to posses their own possessions in the societies relatively based on their potentials and capacities.
IMHO, there's no need to defend Bitcoin if it's government owner or made to the people. A simple thought of telling that it is a decentralized crypto and having its own blockchain is enough.
Let alone those people that keeps on arguing about that but I guess it's fine to inform the newbies about this matter if they haven't done their research yet.
Hence, before Bitcoin, other intended digital currencies like Hashcash has existed which security mechanism was a program of proof of work and other digital technology also as eCash which is designed to perform transactions in a crypto dynamic such as the anonymity of executing transactions for security purposes but all these previous technologies before the existence of Bitcoin failed because their transactions and security mechanism were not achievable to accommodate such capacities as Bitcoin being the first developed cryptocurrency was refined and made achievable development through which it was able to perform both proof of work, decentralizations and the anonymity of its users executing transactions successfully at its blockchain.
There's truth with what you've said but I think one of the important factors here is about the timing. If the early technologies that's similar to Bitcoin were introduced at the right time, we wouldn't have Bitcoin. There's sort of inspiration from them that has been manifested to Bitcoin.
Anyway, it is another story that we'll never know if that's the case.
The world need a rescue from the threats of the economy devaluations and inflations and also a new development where individuals would be at self custodial of their funds transactions which Bitcoin has gathered those maximum momentum to encountering these challenges.
So to those who who questions why must Bitcoin keep to lead the crypto industries with their procrastinations that Bitcoin is not doing its best, since cryptocurrencies are decentralized, you can as well venture to develop yours to maximize the hedge to accommodate values ahead as Bitcoin potentials has been accounted.
Bitcoin has became a store of value, a very valuable one over the period of time. The way it was introduced was an alternative but it has developed its value and the volatility has been seen so as the opportunity was found.
Well, if I were you mate. I won't spend time discussing about those who questions Bitcoin.