Will Bitcoin survive it’s faster competitors like Maxcoin?

Is Bitcoin really fast enough for it to be considered “instantaneous”?

Will it survive it’s faster competitors like Maxcoin? Is it a realistic platform for on-site transactions on the retail and on-trade environment?

Will it work alongside with faster coins as the “safer” and more “vintage” cousin of the family?

Or is it doomed to fall to faster and more modern competitors like Maxcoin?