Bitcoin Forum

So last night I was at a party this rich douche walks in and says, and after few drinks down, the topic of crypto currencies came up, and I said Bitcoin is the best currency, and this guy was like no eth is, and I told him to his face eth is shit, who trades in eth over Bitcoins. Then he's like Bitcoin is not good and how he brought eth and made a profit, despite me telling him that eth is a centralized coin, and it's alt, and that most ico are ether based and most of the ico have turned scams, he just wouldn't budge, it got so heated up, littlerly would have punched him, so I need more view's to put forward to. Any ideas on this?

Naturally, bitcoin is better than eth for long term, and you may say; in every way bitcoin is better than any other cryptocurrency.
Even though people judge it as scam because centralized or whatever, but take a look at its price, rise up from $22 in the early of this year and reach $289 right now. Profit is the most important thing in investment, now imagine if you have $1000 in the beginning of this year, there is 2 option;
1. buy bitcoin at $1000 and get only BTC1
2. buy ethereum at $22 and get 45 eth
how much profit you get right now?
1. Current price $3935 which mean $2935 profit
2. Current price $289, which mean $12,000 profit. Can you imagine that?
That's why, that man argued that eth is best.

You told him wrong,ethereum is a good open source smart contract platform based on blockchain.
In theory,ethereum is one of the latest technologies in cryto world.
It is assumed the very next to bitcoin among all altcoins and has many lucrative aspects.
If you explore, you would find digital tokens are based on ether network,we can say ICOs are baseless without ethereum support.

That seems went to be weird but funny, tho ;D (someone quarrelled because of this topic, huh?). Well,for me, bitcoin is way far better than ethereum in a lot of aspects. Search in google "cryptocurrencies ranking" and you'll see bitcoin at 1 and ethereum at 2. Another is taking a look at the value of these two, bitcoin is more valuable than ethereum (I mean, bitcoin price is higher than ethereum, although both of these are valuable). Next is its usability. More people are inclined with bitcoin than ethereum, and bitcoin is more popular that's why there are more bitcoin wallets out there. We can't deny that bitcoin is the father of all cryptocurrencies.

profit is important but not the most important thing. there are lots of things you need to consider. like how much risk your investment has. the risks of bitcoin investment is a lot lower than any other altcoin.

besides if what you explained here is all the logic you need to invest in something then i can bring 100 examples of things that are 10000 times better than ETH because they could have given much more profit!

example: HTMLCOIN!
it is literary a shitcoin. the value was 0.1 satoshi (yeah it was literary worth less than 1 satoshi) and went up to 15 satoshi. that is a 14,900% profit
your $1000 investment could have turned into $150,000
so with that man's logic HTML5 is the best investment!!!

Haha That was funny men, You need to learn how to control your temper though, but you really got a point on that and the other guy has a point too, but if we really try to think about it Bitcoin is the pioneer of this Cryptocurrency and other coins, Bitcoin has also a big support from community and it's reputation is really respectable. Without Bitcoin, surely there will be no Alts like ETH.

Obviously, that's why people who can deal with the risk to invest in potential coins could get big profits compare to layman with weak hands.
The risk to invest $1000 in ethereum maybe bigger than invest in bitcoin, depend on current market condition, but it's worth to try.


you are right, that's 1 example. I am waiting for another 9999 examples which better than invest in eth.
Many people dare to invest $1000 into bitcoin or ethereum, but who want to spend so much money into shitcoin?
Traders could manage to get profits from HTMLCOIN by beating other traders, but won't put so much money in it.

the advertisement done by ethereum team has been very good. that is why there are so many people who are passionately and emotionally supporting it. and that is one of the reasons the price is still resisting all the dumps that are happening and slows down the downward slope to oblivion :)

next time you saw that guy instead of punching him ask him what was the usage that "he" got out of Ethereum aside from investing in it. then show all the thousands of merchants that are accepting bitcoin to him...

Ethereum is no better than Bitcoin, because Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency and anytime Bitcoin will be the benchmark for other altcoins, especially Ethereum ..

It is not advertise the ethereum in any form. There are many ethreum based altcoin has been introduced from the past 8 months and all smart contract project are started with ethereum only not a bitcoin based one. If you find any digital coin accepting site, you will find enormously bitcoin alone not other altcoin. Invest on bitcoin to increase with your investment amount.

They're actually good cryptocurrency and it must be entertain very well. For you maybe you just want to get the best price right? Or do you want to get the goal of it? What's the goal of the BTC and Ethereum? That's the point for me. I want to clarify it. No confusion not necessary all you need to do is to know what's your inner desire of picking this cryptocurrencies.

Well I must say that you are not alone and this has happened with me several times as well. Personally I was introduced to Bitcoin before Ethereum and hence the first choice preference is always there. However one must consider the advantages and disadvantages while comparing two different crypto before commenting on them and not be biased about them. I feel both have potential capabilities for boosting value in future and hence I buy both but of course bitcoin prices vary on a larger scale than ether. It is totally your own decision whether you want to invest more in bitcoin or ether and other people's opinions dont matter.

i think acussion about bitcoin vs ethereum, bitcoin are the number one coins he is the father of all coins ethereum as second coins are among all coins are also have good value and good investment for the future. i think both of them have a good potential to become famous in crypto world but bitcoin always on the top.

Bitcoin was our first. This is the reason behind our perception indicating that bitcoin is better than ether.

But we can't neglect ether, it's gonna provide new things to the ecosystem.

Well i must say its bitcoin, because as a full member ive known many things in bitcoin including this particular issue, of what is the biggest ico, what is the largest amount coins and the competition between ethereum and bitcoin, and for for my opinion and the really truth is the bitcoin is the one, because as we can see bitcoin is the largest ico, and it has the largest value and known in all crypto, the ethereum is just at the bottom of bitcoin so it is. Really the bitcoin.

Everything will depends on the functionality the user is looking at time of making investments in the purchase of crytocurrencies, for example:
If you are looking for versatility in the moment making its transactions, Eth should be your first choice; since it is not only a blockchain to move money but also to run Dapps.
On the other hand, if the user wants to increase its capital or protect its savings, the most convenient option would be the purchase of Btc, due to their popularity and expectations of future growth. Personally I consider time passed for Eth to increase its value exponentially.

Tell him "my bitcoin invented blockchain, Foo."
Vitalik even respects btc.  What a doofus your friend is . 
Guys fight over who has the better coin... there are no end to the laughs.
Bitcoin brought the game to the table.
Every drummer gives kudos to Neil Pert just like all crypto heads give respect to the original bitcoin.

Honestly, this seems like such a ridiculous argument to me. If you're at a party having some beers, presumably with girls around, why are you arguing about ETH vs. BTC.

It's like arguing over Batman vs. Superman. Neither of you will admit you're wrong, so the argument will never end.

Just have another beer.

It's not a currency. Let's start with that lol. Now that we have that out of the way..

Centralized - what if the one dev gets hit by a bus? Eth goes to 0.

Infinite supply. There will always be more.

This ICO craze. It's not sustainable and something better than ETH will take over that part of the market.

 ;D that's a ridiculous thing just because you're fighting. Come on bung, try a little mature, let them think as they please, who feel our advantage. So do not think about what they say. Go for yourself, if others will not listen to us, leave it alone.

Oh wow, I swear I have never seen people arguing about Crypto in real life. That must have been a spectacle.

I do agree that Bitcoins are better overall, but I would also understand if you see it the other way around. Bitcoin has its merits, but Ethereum's malleability makes it technologically superior. Better applications mean higher future potential. Still, they don't have to duke it out. You can buy and hold both. I would have smiled and agreed to disagree.

Wow i have never had a conversation about cryptocurrencies, that would be nice. But first of all, the other guy should understand that bitcoin came before ethereum, so that makes it the best, not only because it was the first crypto, just because all altcoins are bitcoin-based, and now most of them are ethereum based. But it depends, bitcoin has the best technology, and that is why it's price its too high, and those people who are new in cryptocurrencies, just go all in bitcoin, they dont buy "weird coins".

I don't find it even necessary to got embroiled in a physical confrontation just because you two cannot find a way to settle this very petty disagreement. Why not just say okay ETH is better and leave this drunk douche alone. After all it won't change a thing that Bitcoin is the king.

First off, arguing over which crypto is better than another usually is pointless. (You'll see enough of that here) Don't get caught in that. As long as you explained your point backed by facts, who cares what the other person thinks. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and beliefs. You'll learn that not everyone will agree with you even though you may have sound facts. I know it's infuriating, but its like that at times. Point of this is some things aren't worth arguing over, and crypto is one of things.

Yup! you are right I personally think that bitcoin is the best of all coins, but there is a good profit in engaging with other Altcoins if you can see their worth I think there would be no trading with other Cryptos if there are no Altcoins that is the fact and I think there is a need for altcoins to exist in engaging other terms of earning with bitcoin and there will be other investment for people that wants cheap investment they can surely invest and choose what is the best Coins for them.