With the attention given to Bitcoin lately much people are gradually buying into the idea of Bitcoin as it has really changed the narrative and This made me think and ask what is really different about Bitcoin that makes it different from other alternate coin?
Let have your view concerning what makes Bitcoin stand out from others?
New? Nothing... Bitcoin wasn't exactly the first try at digital cash, but it was the first one i consider to be successful. Because it was the first successful one, it has the most miners, the most users and the highest market cap.
It's because of the POW algo and the vast amount of miners that bitcoin is secure, because of the widest adaptation the market cap is the highest.
But different from altcoins? Nothing, i guess? Even the first altcoin (litecoin) is just a slightly changed clone of bitcoin. It has a shorter average time between blocks, and they created a different POW algo, but the rest is *allmost* a carbon copy.
There are tons of other altcoins out there that are *allmost* carbon copy's aswell, so i guess there is nothing really different between bitcoin and these alts, except the sheer amount of miners and users.