Ugh, I have 30 dollars worth of dogecoins. I have them because they're fun. I can gamble a bit here and there, or I can buy stickers with pictures of dogs on them. Bitcoin is nowhere near widely accepted at the moment. It is still experimental and has overcome some interesting problems in the past, but it isn't exactly rock solid. We really shouldn't be having these kinds of discussions about it yet. Once I can walk down the street, take out my cell and buy a hotdog with bitcoin in my residence of butt-fuck nowhere. That's when I'll start seeing bitcoin as a bit more useful. Once I can insure my wallets and I'm confident that I'm not going to lose everything because my computer crashes and my wallet backup is fucked because of version problems then I will consider bitcoin a contender for banks.