There will be other cryptos for different uses and Bitcoin will serve as a medium of exchange among them and as a long term store of value, it probably won’t become the everyday currency we all want to use.
Hopefully these futures will reduce its volatility and help stabilize the price
There is a theory that a recent bump in Litecoin prices was due to traders wanting to move Bitcoin between exchanges and Bitcoin is too slow.
The worst proposal, increasing blocksize, is not currently being considered because of its impact on centralization.
Hard drive space is cheap! Increasing blocksize isn't going to cause centralization, it's the easiest and most effective way to scale for now.
Only if you ignore the constant threat of bad actors, technical failures, and lack of regulation. We might even see previous financial/accounting scams and fraud replayed in the Bitcoin world.