You don't, same way you don't use bank draughts for paying for a coffee. The argument made by the developers is that it's supposed to be for large transactions. Personally I think that's a terrible argument and there are better coins out there, but the market seems to think otherwise.
All cryptocurrencies are headed to the same fate then. Verifying and confirming a huge blockchain transaction will always be costly and those who own large servers won’t do it if it’s not profitable.
In practice though, other currencies don't seem to be anywhere near as expensive or time consuming.
There also are potential models where the blockchain isn't constantly preserved: Old wallets which aren't actively being used are redistributed to the network contributors.
the transaction fees cover the miners, I'm mining ethereum making bank.
it's a decentralized miracle, lol.
The new money flows into bitcoin because they learn about it first and are the most comfortable with it. And compared to the other coins, the price volatility is typically less. Maybe one day a coin with better coding will top it, but bitcoin will always be near the top because it was the first.
That's more marketing than fact though. The bitcoin foundation forked the original bitcoin and called their new currency "Bitcoin". I agree they've successfully traded on the name though.
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