the market is leaning in favour of the token that is changeable for any currency in the world, directly. as soon as a better system comes into play, that is also changeable for any token, and any fiat, btc will falter. they people aren't leaning in favor of high cost POW, they are leaning in favor if liquidity. if you could go to bittrex, or whatever flavor exchange, and turn steem into usd, or litecoin, or ethereum... many more people would use it.