1. Bitcoin isn't meant to be fast, it's meant to be reliable, and that's what you're paying for. Other chains are a different question. 2. We don't. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. 3. We don't. The system is broken, Bitcoin is a new system. We need to figure out a new way to transact. 4. Maturity of the system will achieve this, just like it did with Wall Street. Or did it? :P 5. Many many solutions. Threshold signatures, regular multisig, mintable cryptos, etc... [bonus] Life is not fair. Early birds always get the worm.