I applaud you for speaking rationally in the face of Bitcoin hysteria, but in my experience it has turned into a religion, and no amount of rational argument will sway these people.
>but in my experience it has turned into a religion
Bitcoin is very much a religion at this stage. The network is constrained to a maximum of 350k(!!) txs per day, with the layer 2 solutions failing to gather any sort of traction whatsoever. Yet the bitcoin zealots herald it as the future of finance. How in gods name is 350k txs per day going to handle global finance.
Stop listening to Bitcoin maxis, but don't dismiss the ones working on bringing new improvements to crypto. To keep the analogy with religion, Maxis are fundamentalists that end up misrepresenting the core morals and the doctrine of its Church. Brushing off crypto due to Maxis is no different than thinking all of Christianity is invalid because of Westboro Baptists.
Bitcoin is very much a religion at this stage. The network is constrained to a maximum of 350k(!!) txs per day, with the layer 2 solutions failing to gather any sort of traction whatsoever. Yet the bitcoin zealots herald it as the future of finance. How in gods name is 350k txs per day going to handle global finance.