However although they would become a rarity, if the miners lost...

However although they would become a rarity, if the miners lost interest in bitcoin and stopped processing the transactions it would changed its validity as a means of exchange. Thus altering the general public's perception of bitcoin surely rendering it worthless?

However if it had been accepted by the general public, world governments and mass corporations as a currency then maybe not?

Please keep commenting the posts are extremely insightful.