I have been involved in Bitcoin long enough to rank it's abilities in new ways.

Back in 2010:

1. Make me more "money" (purchasing power)
2. Render effects of inflation irrelevant
3. Being private enough for everyday transactions.

Back in 2017 at the height of the market cycle my priorities changed. That's also when I took a deep dive into Monero.

1. Ever since I've been looking for the most private way to store my wealth after gaining substantisl amounts of purchasing power. 
2. I still prefer my investments to increase my purchasing power, but it's less relevant
3. I started to understand that taxes are an even bigger problem than (indirect tax/inflation)
4. As an active trader I know I will always be able to protect myself from inflation. Though I see the huge toll inflation has on society.

As you can see many Bitcoiners from ten to fifteen years ago have all stacked some Monero. It's the newcomers who believe Bitcoin will solve all their problems.

Slow and steady wins the race. And in that regard no cryptocurrency is currently better as a USD replacement than Monero. It's slowly rising in purchasing power but much less speculative than Bitcoin which is a great tool for investors to hedge against certain risks.