Bitcoin is a protocol, primarily, as well as an ecosystem, a unit of account and a new paradigm in digital value transfer. The cryptoeconomic model is to create new coins every 10 minutes until the year 2140. The energy committed to protect the ledger is unmatched, and thus it is the most secure. 8 Million of the 18M coins that exist moved in the last year. I don't think the concentration is quite what people believe. As the years go on, there are less and less large holders. Everyone gets antsy when seeing large swings to their savings.
The development philosophy is one of caution, of incremental and well tested changes. "Only soft forks", as opposed to forced consensus changes by developers (EIP1559 comes mind). Radical changes are rejected and even small upgrades take time to stick. This is a good thing, as the base layer of money needs to be simple, work reliably and be very secure.
I only trust a peer to peer monetary network that I can run myself. Most newer 'next generation' blockchains are for datacenters only. Being able to run a full Bitcoin Core node will remain within the reach of most users for quite some time, hopefully forever.
Inflation is a pressing concern for all countries and people right now. The 'Bitcoin Standard' scenario seems like less of fantasy in 2021. And this is still the beginning, we are quite early!