Yes and no. Yes in the short term. Picking the best tech is disincentivized, because there are many and powerful forces beyond technical characteristics at pl

Yes and no. Yes in the short term. Picking the best tech is disincentivized, because there are many and powerful forces beyond technical characteristics at play. No in the long term, because technology really does matter once people actually try to use the coin. Ether was once the best tech, and it was $10 a coin. Now it isn't, and it's >$4k. For example: More and more of the people who make money using their graphic cards to mine Ethereum are choosing to have their payment transferred in Nano, and other alts. It just makes more sense to go with the fee-less and near-instant option, when there's a choice like that to be made.