Bitcoin is just for money and FEW people have it.. yet it has a big market cap.
Cardano is peer reviewed (how many times has a bug in open source software been immediately fixed by some random programmer who saw the issue from the start?) and I would dare to say its very secure. It is going to be fast and seems like it may intend to make other blockchains obsolete.
The rest of it is where it gets interesting... and this is all out there/published
governance... if you own a coin you get a vote... but if you own MORE coins you get MORE vote?