you're right its the old software but that makes it stable and predictable it can be the gold for long-term savings when something like dash, nem etc. is the everyday use currency.
Sounds incredible NEM can do 3000 tx/s
bitcoin could be the napster; but it needs the right fault
BCH is the improved version of BTC. It'll take over BTC in a year or at most 18 months (unless some major change happen in the crypto space).
Dash is very stable thanks to the masternodes. Currently there are about 4500 masternodes which has almost 1/3 of the circulating coins locked up. Dash has zero governance problems and more stable than BTC. It's also significantly old. I think it was released in 2014.
For the mid term, the best HODL is NEO. It produces GAS and will have produced most of the in the coming few years. It's like mining a coin without using any hardware.
I see absolutely ZERO value in holding BTC. It'll crash before next month (I might be little off with timing) but when it does crash, the zealots will be in a buying frenzy and it'll be a good short wave to catch. That's all the worth of BTC.