For many years, I have gotten along just fine with the US dollar.

Now, however, there seems to be some fetish for "cryptocurrency"--as regarding which, Bitcoin is the chief player.

Is there really some good reason why we should abandon the dollar, in favor of Bitcoin?

This is a serious question.

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"In his second inaugural address, [Franklin D.] Roosevelt sought 'unimagined power' to enforce the 'proper subordination' of private power to public power. He got it…"—George Will, July 8, 2007

Some think it would free common people world wide from domination and manipulation by politicians and monarchs.
I don't know whether it would or wouldn't. One reason government heads don't like it is they can't control it.

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No.

I imagine this is a lot like asking, "Should I abandon stocks for bonds?", or vice versa.

I'm sure a lot of Venezuelans wish they had more of their money in crypto about now.

Point is that cryptocurrencies have their place and they can certainly be a hedge that can be utilized. Should we abandon the dollar in favor of bitcoin, well no, but that doesn't mean it can't be useful.

All your eggs in one basket and what not.

As Americans wish they had in the 80s and in 2008!

"Should we abandon the dollar in favor of bitcoin, well no, but that doesn't mean it can't be useful".
Agreed.

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Well, I have "all my eggs" in the dollar.

Would you regard that as wrongheaded?

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"In his second inaugural address, [Franklin D.] Roosevelt sought 'unimagined power' to enforce the 'proper subordination' of private power to public power. He got it…"—George Will, July 8, 2007