[jollybean]

??? history does not care what is boring and what is 'backed by VCs'.

The most applicable things, those that people find useful and gain market share, will be used. How long they are used depends on other things.

Hopefully, Bitcoin will be seen for what it is in 10 or so years, an experiment gone awry, absorbing far too much time and talent, and in 100 years nobody will fathom what BTC was just as we don't remember the names of any 'spindle' manufacturers from 100 years ago.

Digital currency will surely exist.