> The protocol defines the supply, issuance and inflation rate

Without diving into specifics I will still assume this is a very simplistic thing that doesn't even begin to cover the necessities of a currency.

And yeah "there's no one controlling this" except, you know, the people who program the protocol.

> Bitcoin is one of the few popular crypto currencies that aims

Bitcoin is the popular cryptocurrency. Let's not pretend any other cryptocurrency are even on the radar in comparison.