Owww, I wasn't aware I made long long term statements in my post. Did I?

I have similar views as you regarding BTC as well as regarding Ether. Its for a reason I staked the little WISE I aquired for 365 days instead of a longer period (its possible to stake up to 42 years). WISE is a Ethereum contract and I doubt this chain will survive in the end for all the reasons you gave. However, on shorter term (year and a few more), Ethereum is the choice for many projects. Even Verizon (the US communication giant) decided late last year to release their press releases on Ethereum. They could've find much better chains to do so, but no, Ethereum was chosen. It's a brand thing. Ether may (and likely will) do well for coming period.

KOINOS is currently being build and could be a fantastic competitors to Ethereum. Native smart contract support, feeless transaction and all. No 10$ to 100$ transaction costs anymore when swapping tokens or providing liquidity to a swap pool! 😉