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Can altcoins set up their own systems and beat bitcoins?

I do not think altcoin can beat a bitcoin, bitcoin is the base of all altcoin and blockchain technology is the bitcoin itself.
Unless there is a coin that has a very low supply, maybe the price per coin will beat bitcoin, but in case of bitcoin marketcap can not lose

yes if some coin is widely used with good technology can beat bitcoin

altcoins has already have their own systems or so called blockchain but i dont think they can beat bitcoins though i can say that some altcoins are much better compared to bitcoins in terms of usage like dogecoin which is great for sending because it has a low transaction fees compared to bitcoins and some altcoins are much more secure and anymous like deeponion and monero but overall altcoins and bitcoins has advantage and disadvantages to each other thats why it is also hard to compare them.

Yes they can, altcoins can beat bitcoins but as of now there is no existing altcoin that can beat bitcoin because if there is already existing then it will attract a lot of investors to migrate from bitcoin to that altcoin but as you can see that there is nothing change in bitcoin except its price but in the future i really think that there might be a replacement for bitcoin once the people get tired of using bitcoin because of its possible malfunctions.

You should ask yourself that why altcoins exist, some exist to make something that bitcoin can't do, some exist to grab fame and money of bitcoin etc. It depends.

Agreed with you,altcoin were lunch to do business even to compete in the market and with right strategy in place, many will rise to beat bicoin.

If they are to over take bitcoin, would they do it merging themselves together or individually ? Then, that means they are going to be called a different and agreed name and others are going to be out of business. So, who will go off business because of taking over bitcoin?

This is not possible, bitcoin has taken over and blockchain technology favours bitcoin.

i believe in oneday in the future when altcoins will defeat bitcoin, but that will take a very long time for altcoins to do that, rightnow, bitcoin price is threatening altcoins making altcoins price drop terriblly, but that is just for now, altcoins have more potential to replace bitcoin in the future for no more than 10 years.

No I dont think so alt coin can beat Bitcoin because Bitcoin is a worldwide cryptocurrency and digital payment system and also called the first decentralized digital currency,They can be exchanged for other currencies,products, and services, So Bitcoin have bright future.And other side in alt cion Ether,Ripple and Neo have some good move.and bitcoin is ever green.

I started dealing with Bitcoin in 2013, when it was (as I remember) something like $400 (I call the approximate price for it). In half a year I sold my BTC as I needed money, and I understand now I was wrong doing it. I have invested into BTC again as I am 100% sure no altcoin will ever beat this crypto king. It's life will be long.

I personally think Bitcoins power and life is Limitless. Time and again Bitcoins power has been tested but it has shown how much resistence the coin hold,  while the rest are trying  to keep up. It will last long after we're gone. Simply the future is Bitcoin.

Don't forget that these are not stocks , so the highest price would mean the most profitable. Those are currencies and for a currency to be strong it is no necessary for it to be the of a relevant high price. Take for example Japanese yen. What you are looking for is the One - with the highest community, the fastest trans, the best liquidity.

i have no idea what you mean by "set up their systems" but if you are thinking about an altcoin can replace bitcoin i say yes it is possible that an altcoin becomes big enough to even replace bitcoin. but forget about all the altcoins that exist today none of them have any chance of doing that. they are too small and full of issues. most of them can not handle a medium number of transactions let alone get near the number of transactions that bitcoin handles every day.

it could happen but with the condition that altcoin must have many fans and also have good technology in order to beat bitcoin.

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Altcoins is now making new improvements that bitcoin cannot do

but bitcoin is the mother of all crypto currency thats why no one can replace it


It bitcoin is gone the confidence for alt will be gone too.

I think it will not be possible. bitcoin is the highest level of all coins I think. if to beat bitcoin maybe a bit impossible. but if it's just to match the price of bitcoin, I think altcoin is capable, though not entirely, and it will not exceed the bitcoin price itself.

Maybe sometime in the future this will happen when some people will need it. But at the moment I think that bitcoin will be a clear leader. And it will be for a long time, because most people start to learn about all this just now

It can't as the bitcoin was the major or some people call the bitcoin as the mother of crypto which a lot of the volume and the demand already dominated by the bitcoin itself. It will be so difficult because a lot of people just know about the fact bitcoin becomes the main pair in the cryptocurrency. that will make the people familiar to the bitcoin especially for the newcomers. To compete with the bitcoin will be so difficult.
Ethereum only reaches All time market capitalization for 36 billion. But this time bitcoin looks so far away for all of altcoins.

There are some alt coins that are good with beating other features that bitcoin doesn't have.

But even they will setup their own system that is built to defeat bitcoin, there's no way for an alt to beat bitcoin we all know that bitcoin is king of crypto's.

Time will come that bitcoin will be defeated but not now not for 10 years or for 50 years but maybe after 100 years.  ???

For me bitcoin would last till some altcoin comes with the similar technology and it should also minimal malfunctions and additional authentications. As of now ,bitcoin  price is swinging high , we do not know whats the maximum price level its going to go and then become stable. Altcoins are also good for minimal investment and good short term returns, this is what i expect from altcoins. But we should be very careful while choosing the altcoin before any invesment done.

bitcoin has been around for nearly 9 years now and in this 9 years it has been open source and so far thousands of altcoins were created and at least a couple of hundreds of them were claiming to become bigger than bitcoin, beating it or replacing it. so far bitcoin has only been rising and getting more adopted while altcoins only see pumps and dumps! any new project that i see  these days is just a money machine for their developers to make money not actually create something of real use.

bitcoin is a very powerful coin on the crypto market, it still effecting the world economy, so it will harder for us to forecast bitcoin's life, however i do believe bitcoin will survive for a very long time from now because it still very popular, and hardly be defeat by any altcoins, so it may take more than 10 year for bitcoin to survive on the market.

 I never think that other altcoins beat bitcoin because as of now or until now bitcoin is the number one cryptocurrency in the world and leads to all of them so do you think one of the altcoins beat bitcoin? I dont think so i am one of the user in bitcoin and investor im so satisfied to there services and applicable all no one can beat bitcoin because they still number one

I think bitcoin is unstoppable, many people use it almost in their daily life. Bitcoin will last until there's something better to replace it.

Bitcoin's life for me is everlasting as it is the closest thing we have ever come across when it comes to money. Since the network is voluntary, open source, and decentralized the sky is the limit with this money system as anyone can join, anyone can build on it to make it better, and nobody owns it or controls it. These qualities make it very desirable for long term storage of wealth.

In my opinion Bitcoin is like Gold so all altcoins they are based on price BTC.

Seeing the tendency that Bitcoin don't make any updates, don't improve the structure of your system it quite real that it step out leader position to some other currencies. For example it can be Ethereum or Ripple.

Nice question about Bitcoin's life. In my opinion Bitcoin will live very long until Satoshi Nakamoto decide to destroy it  :)
We live in very interesting world!

In terms of bitcoin vs all alts then one day alts will have a superior market cap, in terms of bitcoin vs one specific alt then I think bitcoin will likely always reign supreme, at least for a further 5 years.

Bitcoin was built to be the predecessor, it was open source and Satoshi knew that there were functionalities that were flawed in the long run (transaction fees, transaction times, mining difficulties, etc.). I think that BTC will always remain as the head figure of crypto but the possibility will always remain.

For me the only coin who will be better than Bitcoin will be a coin create by a great company(Google,Amazon,Apple,...) or the government.
It's seem be weird but even if the purpose of Blockchain is to decentralize, folks will be more able to trust a coin who are regulate and this regulation is the solution.
Most of people only buy Bitcoin for profit, if crypto become mainstream someone who dont want to trade need something with less(or netheir) volatility and only a regulate crypto will be able to do that in one way or another.

The life of Bitcoin depend of the market but the succes story behind Bitcoin and all this mystery will permit at Bitcoin to stay for a few decade from now, in my opinion

I don't think it will happen. Bitcoin might need to undergo several rounds of upgrades and forks and SegWit2x and many more but it will remain to be the force that it is right now, very strong and resilient. The core team may change one member after another but because it is Bitcoin, the one thing Satoshi Nakamoto founded together with Blockchain, it will remain to live for more than a century.

In these precise moments they are developing coins with more advanced codes than bitcoin, but I do not know if they can surpass it in popularity. Do not forget that the bitcoin as a pioneer was just the beginning, but everyone else has learned from the mistakes to implement many improvements, so I am not so sure that bitcoin will survive forever.

Next time altcoins will defeat bitcoin, but that will take a very long time for altcoins to do that, altcoins have more potential to replace bitcoin in the future ;D.

I totally agree with you, I also think it won't last soon and will survive because the trend for bitcoin is very positive and the adoption is getting higher and higher every single day. This makes it to live more than we can ever guess. At least, 20 or 30 years in total.

If an altcoin sets up a good system and has millions to advertise it could surely catch up with bitcoin or probably even beat it but this is pure speculation and as did not happen so far it will likely also not happen in the future. The development is progressing and I think bitcoin needs improvements to survice the next decades and we also do not know what the banks plan to do to attack it. It remains exciting what the future will bring!  :)

I don't think that a already established cryptocurrency specially bitcoin can be beaten or overtaken by any altcoins for now. Although there are really a lot of better coins out there like ETH, but since bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency to gain acceptance from investors, there is no way that it can be overtaken. However, if a new coins comes along in the next 5-10 years that have a significant followers and gain traction from the community, then bitcoin will lose it grip as the top cryptocurrency.

For me bitcoin is the future and at this time I do not see any Altcoins taking the place of Bitcoin according to me bitcoin is the father of all the coins first bitcoin came and after that all these altcoins came so father will always remain the father and children's can not take the place of their father.

I think Bitcoin will last a long time. The decentralized technology is what really drives it + the community and people tired of traditional financial system. Unless there are global regulation against bitcoin or major hack, my guess is it will go for at least 50 years.

In my opinion, bitcoin is very resistant to change, Unlike other cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin has seen surprisingly lack of innovation or evolution. But I believe bitcoin will last long because its community is ideologically committed to maintaining something close to its original design. And also its hard to see who started a revolutionary technology replaced or abandoned.

i hope its forever. cause i believe it would be the mew payment and bitcoin will solve anything related to money problem. virtual money is way better than our money now. its just need to be develop more in security

All can be seen with the people here that Bitcoin is one of the first vital currencies that have been made and famous, if Bitcoin never existed then Altcoin will never be created and no other Altcoin, so essentially there will be no Altcoin that can compete with Bitcoin for the price.

Certainly, Altcoins have set their own system. But it is hard to say altcoins will beat Bitcoin. Bitcoin and altcoin like Gold and Silver. They exist together and won't beat each other.

I do not think that altcoin can beat bitcoin, because as far as we know that bitcoin's popularity still growing and bitcoin is more compatible to used in a lot of transactions. Bitcoin willl last forever.

we are not able to know that any altcoin can beat bitcoin in future or what will happen to the bitcoin but if nothing happens so extraordinary in cryptocurrency, this situation will keep going. There is a lot of distinction between them, it seems impossible that an altcoin beats bitcoin even if bitcoin stay where it is.

Bitcoin is ahead of the game, value is high, they keep adapting it with all forks, trying to make it better and different each time.
Altcoins come and go and Bitcoin is always here, even through all the adaptations.
In plain words, Bitcoin lives up to its Legendary reputation!

Bitcoin is in its initial stage. Now it is going to young and go to sky. but at one stage its value stagnate and there will no more variation in its top price. Altcoin will grow relevantly to the bit coin and so many altcoin will go to sky and compete bitcoin.

No, bitcoin can't be beaten

Bitcoin is resistant to change because it doesn't need to be on a very high level. I think we saw the changes but we can't recognize it, like the chain split in bitcoin are the changes and the segwit2X activation but we still are demanding for more. Bitcoin may adopt some changes but it will slowly and gradually make it's way to it. Some people want bitcoin to change by tomorrow which is not possible. Bitcoin has a long life cycle according to my opinion by looking at the current position of bitcoin. It will lead cryptocurrency for a long time. Bitcoin is a benchmark.  ;)

IMO Bitcoin will always be, although it's undergone many changes and most recently these changes happen more often (nov 16th segwit2x and bitcoin silver in dec). It's integrity is strong and it's resistant to any kind of adaptation.
Bitcoin itself is a revolutionary idea, and the community want to keep this as original as possible.
You could say that Bitcoin has been a doorway for all Altcoins, and some of these have been created to take over Bitcoin, but Bitcoin always prevails.

I quess, not. Altcoins cannot beat a bitcoin and take a own system. If we suppose that eth is a altcoin , Eth can overtake bitcoin's place , not other altcoins.

By the time bitcoin has been created,it opened many possibilities on how long does this technology will go.From the time I knew this bitcoin i was little doub but with curiosity.From then I get interested and wa now a major fan of it.Bitcoin, for me, is  a potential tool which can help me achieve my dreams.Bitcoin is my life.

Very Big yes to your question. In the future some are predicting that some other coin may overtake bitcoin or bitcoin may not exist as a result of better cryptocurrency.

I really want to believe that bitcoin will enter our life as another currency like the dollar, and the price will simply be cosmically different from that which is now, then we will live well, and about the fact that some altcoin will be above bitcoin, I do not believe

Altcoins would definitely be used more frequently and at many places in the future and be more popular among general population. But to say bitcoin would be replaced or go extinct would be wrong. Bitcoin is yet to go full main stream, and I see great future for bitcoin in a decentralized world that has yet to become.

It has a long way to go I think so. I think it's a long-term coin and will continue to survive without any problem it seems to me and apart from this demand of btc will also plays a major role in its life. Btc trading volume is also plays important role too. Yes altcoins can setup their own system but it's nearly impossible to replace bitcoin. Very less alt coins survive in long-term as I saw in the market trend.

i dont think so that it is easy to beat bitcoin it it really hard to get the marketcap of 100 billion dollar. bitcoin is the first concurrency and people have invested alot in the bitcoin they will do anything to keep it number one. this is bear market anyone with 100000 btcs can controll the market of any coin or token. what if people with 1 million btc join together to control the market of specific coin. ?

Bitcoin is the original and the most de-centralized and democratic coin, It has prominent university researchers working on it. It is ageless and no alt coin will come close to it. Bitcoin is not only about technology, it's also about it's philosophy and the ideals that it promotes. Most alt coins are highly centralized and autocratic and mostly about doing ICOs and collecting Bitcoins from naïve investors.

One of the ultimate gosls of altcoins may be to beat bitcoin, though this is not impossible, but this will take a lot of time and effort and investment. By this alone, its obvious that beating bitcoin is not easy. Aside from that, most altcoins are dependent on bitcoin's value alone which simply means that it's quite impossible to overcome bitcoin.

Of course they can, bitcoin is the flagship of crypto hence it's so strong right now, but it's won't last forever, there will be a better alts with better technologies than bitcoin and people will start to prefer that over bitcoin , but that won't happen in the next 10 years, so i believe bitcoin will still the king for the next 10 years.

bitcoin can last forever and bitcoin even able to replace fiat one day in the future.

i think no alt coins right now is strong enough to take over the throne of bitcoin and this will last forever. People do believe that cryptocurrencies are bubble that they should keep away yet the price of the bitcoin keep shooting up like a shooting star.

Litecoin have the potential to be a second coin that have the chance to replace bitcoin. but not now or anytime soon. it will be in the next era for litecoin to take over bitcoin.

therefore, it is simply. bitcoin will last forever and it sure will

No 'Alt' will get even closer to the king 'BTC'

I do know when the bitcoin will be over, I am sure it will last before my life is over in my opinion, and we can see the bitcion have more and more Children, BCC, BTG, and so on.

Bitcoin cannot be so easily replaced. However if one coin could replace it, IMO it would be Litecoin or XRP.

i think bitcoin will have a long life than me because bitcoin now is a way for people to their additional source to make money and altcoin can not beat bitcoin in next one year or two year. but altcoin especially a coins which in top ten list of coinmarketcap have a potential to increase. at least altcoin price will following bitcoin price but not to defeat, altcoin will stay beside bitcoin because bitcoin without altcoin is nothing and altcoin without bitcoin is nothing too. so bitcoin and altcoin will work together side by side and helping people to make money.

I think it's hard, if that's possible the bitcoin price is cheap again at 3 million

as long as i can still enjoy bitcoin and as long as bitcoin is still developing

I doubt it will happen!
Bitcoin is the future of digital currency! ;)

My thoghts about it: Altcoins cant beat bitcoin in several years for sure, bitcoin now have a great suply, that's why price grows. Maybe n five or more years we will have some new altcon that can beat bitcoin, but not now.

As bitcoin has been the most widely used coin in cryptocurrency world, I am doubting that altcoins can beat bitcoin.  And as for the question in the title of this thread, bitcoin will surely have a long life. It will be the future of money. Bitcoin still develops, and so it will have more life and give us satisfying transactions.

Bitcoin life has no limit and it will live forever as no coin have that potential to beat bitcoin, only ethereum show strength to equate market cap of bitcoin but price gap impossible to fill.

I agree with you because some altcoins are now rising to compete bitcoin however they must take risks and in order to do that they also need their own systems to grab the opportunity to beat Bitcoin.

I think there is nothing to beat. Altcoin is probably going to be in the thousands, but Bitcoin and probably Ethereum will still have a bigger market cap by then. Bitcoin is the centre of it all, this has been retested many times. Therefore, there is no reason for it to be "replaced". Although one day it might not have the biggest market cap, as some of the blockchain platforms are going to be huge.

I think it will survive another 20 years, till its beaten by new crypto coin

I don't think that true bitcoin is so exaggerated
We should give a chance the others
There can be nice things for altcoins

I dont know. but all possibilities can happen in the future, so let's wait and see what will happen next.

The title is a bit misleading...anyway I don't think altcoins could beat bitcoin's market cap as they are fairly new and the latter has been tested with time and is more established. The only thing that they could do to at least be on the top 10 coins is to provide services that bitcoin lack or maybe improve some of its features (like litecoin) and hope that some investors take notice of it.

Everyone buy bitcoin to change it on other altcoins, so bitcoin is still the main, people don’t believe in different alts, cuz evebody knows about huge raise of btc, so they invest in it

I think altcoin can not beat bitcoin because bitcoin is basis all altcoin. Yes, it is possible to altcoin price will be better then bitcoin and can replace BTC but bitcoin user can not lose. At the moment altcoin there is no such chance, bacause is too small and they have problems.

Bitcoin will be as important as it will be for the time being. It is very effective and observing the market will know when to stop and when to continue doing business. This is a difficult task but I hope to succeed.

Bitcoin's life for me is unstoppable. I believe that this is made not just for fun only but to sustained long-term investment. Eventhough it faces lot of risk but still people not tired of waiting for the right time of when to sell or to buy of it. For me, I believe that bitcoin will survive for many years as long as people continue to hold on it and work hard to make it grow.

It will not happen – at least in close future. Altcoins, even the most expensive and stable ones like Ethereum will never reach or beat Bitcoin. However, it never means that dealing with other cryptocurrencies you will not get any profit. Buy several alts that show good dynamics!

I think bitcoin is made up at the upper level, do not think other coins will beat the level of bitcoin. Bitcoin will remain the crystal currency for a long time. ETH has also got a strong hold in the market but it does not seem to match.

I dont agree with that altcoin can beat bitcoin.as bitcoin is the root of digital currency and everythig are inter related with this,bitcoin will be unbeatable and in addition may be some coin can compete with bitcoin but it is quite difficult to beat bitcoin.

Can't really say the number of years it will survive, BUT surely it will survive a lot more and more years.

We will never know,personally i see bitcoin to be more global sensation in the next few years.
Altcoins are based on bitcoin so its like a building if the foundation collapses all the floors will go down.

No one knows until when bitcoin survives but i think it will gonna survive for another decade or more bitcoin is at top right now and i don't think that there will be an alt that can takeover bitcoin right now i know there are lot of altcoins that has it's potential but it's like that there bitcoin is there father bitcoin is the genuine one while other alts is the innovation and i don't think that innovation can takeover genuine but maybe in the future some coins can takeover bitcoin but right now i can't see it coming.

I think no Altcoin can beat Bitcoin,Bitcoin is the core of blockchain and if Bitcoin lose i think the other coin will be on struggle.

Bitcoin will long live. It's life is more than my life.  In my view bitcoin will live till the internet live.

Bitcoin is the great digital currency and the center of all other digital coins thats why if bitcoin lose all other coins will be lose also. For me all other coins cannot exist without bitcoin.

The king of crypto world is bitcoin and it is the main hope of the crypto currency users like you told if it fails the investors will lose their hope on the cryptos,so it is not good for us if some altcoin beat the bitcoin.But in future the altcoin will have great future but we can't expect them to beat it's king because he is more powerful and popular among the cryptos.
I hope the bitcoin will exist untill the mankind stays in the life so don't worry keep buying bitcoin for graet future.

Thank you so much for the return
I respect your opinions
My head is still mixed
Because the confidence in the altcoins has decreased

I think it has a relationship between the altcoins and the bitcoin. As you notice the bitcoin continually increase but altcoins really dump.  Then now bitcoin is decreasing some altcoins is increasing. So I think you're correct altcoins will never beat bitcoin since altcoin price is very dependent to bitcoin.

The only coin that can be able to beat Bitcoin at the future will be Ethereum, from my point of view.

I don't think altcoins can. Altcoins are derived from Bitcoins (that is why they named it alternative coin) and bitcoin is the based of all blockchain technology. Altcoins can increase its value, but can never beat bitcoin. If bitcoin increases then the altcoin decreases in value , so as bitcoin decreases the altcoin increases in value. As bitcoin decreases in value many buyers will be alarmed to buy bitcoin making the btc in the market lesser resulting in the rise of value.. so i don't think the altcoin can ever beat bitcoin. Even in a long run.

It depends on what you think is beating. If price, it's hardly to believe altcoins can compare with bitcoin. Maybe someday in future. But on tech-side and use cases more and more alts overcome btc even now.

For me bitcoin will be forever even if the government will ban it because people will make a way to make new site or new campaign regarding cryptocurrencies and for me this will never be lost in the money industry, and bitcoin will always be the king of all kings (altcoin) I salute to those who are keep on working hard just to keep this industry alive and to those that are not scamming anybody i really commend those type of companies/people, but back to the topic, the answer is very simple, the bitcoin will forever be the king of coins and the mother of all kinds of alt coin and its life will be forever

I don't think so that altcoin Will beat bitcoin. I noticed that the price of bitcoin is very high while altcoins is very low. Why is that happen?  Is there any relationship between altcoin and bitcoin?

Based on my opinion, Bitcoin will never end. Bitcoin will stay forever. I doubt Altcoins will beat Bitcoin because Bitcoin is too powerful. You can tell by comparing the price of it to any other Altcoins. Bitcoin has a large lead because of its 8-year existence. There are too many software and hardware supporting Bitcoin. 

I do not think in the nearest future (I mean 5 years) any altcoin can beat Bitcoin. However, cryptocurrency market is full of unexpected things. Probably with time some genius person will invent perfect crypto and it will beat BTC.

It depends upon the profit i am having ,i do get into bitcoin whenever i feel like that is a good rally coming up and i would invest in it.So it varies with situation and the market situation and i have had success in the past and i was waiting for a correction for a long time and since that has happened now i am waiting for a proper time to re enter again,so my time with bitcoin goes as we move forward.

It will be extremely difficult to any of the existing altcoins to beat BTC. Bitcoin is the cryptocurrency that has millions of supporters, people that believe into it, those ones who are always ready to invest into it. No one alt has such a high degree of trust.

Bitcoin survives long, nothing to think about the long lasting of bitcoin. Already it has proven the real potential with the growth that has taken place in a much lesser time period. At present the usage of bitcoin increases all around, so surely it will survive long benefiting the users who believe in it.

Not for now and I think it will take more time for the altcoins to set up their systems and beat Bitcoin because are not known to the entire world this time. Based on my observation here in my country majority of the people whether Bitcoin enthusiasts or not, knows Bitcoin the most compared to any Altcoins on the market today. I don't think if the Bitcoin community will allow Bitcoin to die or Altcoins to dominate the market where Bitcoin is holding such dominance on the market a couple of years ago until these days. It could be possible but we can't exactly tell when Altcoins will be beating Bitcoin. The life of Bitcoin depends on the support given by it's community so I think much better to observe the market for now.

Bitcoin has a lot of backups...  The strength of every building is in the foundation, Bitcoin's foundation is intact with lot of software and hardware backing it up..

I think it will live until all the bitcoins have run out, and then maybe they come up with something else. Competition is always good, it gives development - began to appear Bitcoin Gold and others.

I think that altcoins wont take over bitcoin for now. Bitcoin is riding the hype and is continuously rising that is why bitcoin will not be beaten by altcoins just yet. But time will come if the altcoins will continue to evolve until their systems will be stable. But i see the big potential of altcoins to beat bitcoins in the future. But for now bitcoin will survive and stand at the top. Dont get the wrong idea, bitcoin will still be there but the altcoin will surpass bitcoin if the bitcoin will take it easy on altcoins and count them out. Bitcoin must also upgrade and improve their systems if they want to be at the top

I dont think that shit coins can over take Bitcoin. Because bitcoin was the fundamental of all the shit coins out there. Maybe alt coins are going high for now. I think its because demand is higher in alt coins and some alt coins are convenient to use than bitcoin. You may may ask why the hell Bitcoin price is not moving and alt coins is shifting up. But if you observe youll really notice that still bitcoin is the root.

No coins can beat bitcoin it has already build good progress that no one can overtake bitcoin.Bitcoin build for a strong demand and fundamentals,it will survive for a long period of time due to its strong value. I keep bitcoin in my life until my last breath because i feel the freedom of money due to high income in bitcoin.

It depend of the people, if they are still using it and continuously support bitcoin. But i think bitcoin is never eliminate to all cryptocurrencies because it is the only reason why many crypto came out today and never remain unlike bitcoin it stay, even there are some crypto is well develop than bitcoin.

Bitcoin will survive for every long time as long as many people use bitcoin, but until today i have realize bitcoin has many disadvantages like small blocks and delay transactions that can threaten entire bitcoin life because investors need cryptocurrencies fast, secure and no delay, so bitcoin wont last for if it does not change itself.

Its impossible but now. Maybe ethereum or Bitcoin's fork coin overtake top1 from Bitcoin. I think, Bitcoin's life is at least 10 years on the top1.

It's life is so long... The streangth and life of a building is in the foundation..   It is really backed up by lot of softwares

I will answer your question with a small example...

Whoever join the cryptoworld 5 years ago roughly, they would know that Bitcoin was worth around $100. Today its close to $7000, and it's predicted that BTC can reach $10K by the end of the 2017.

I believe that the numbers speak for themselves.. It's safe to say Bitcoin will be around for a long time!

I'm sure that Bitcoin is only going to show its power and real price. More and more people are buying it. Some people only meet Bitcoin and hear about it for the first time. After price changing there are news on the Internet, TV, so even those who know nothing about cryptocurrency, informed about Bitcoin

Bitcoin will always be at the TOP. It's really not possible to overtake Bitcoin, Currently no other crypto currency is in position to do that. Bitcoin will always have the first mover advantage and the market cap of $ 100 billion is the proof that investors have the strong believe in BITCOIN potential. If few people holding about 1 million Bitcoins can easily influence the market of any other token or coin to a significant level. That's the power of BTC. Bitcoin is the most decentralized & democratic coin which is also it's strong point.

Bitcoin life? i think its lifetime :D
there will be no coins that can beat btc

I think the only thing that can harm bitcoin are not other altcoins but government regulations to fight against it. My only fear is, that countries will start banning it and closing down exchanges.

There is a possibility that altcoins can beat bitcoins if they set up their own systems, because lot of users are more focus in earning altcoins rather than bitcoins, but since altcoins are dependent on bitcoin, that without bitcoin there will be no altcoins. Well in fact, altcoins was originated to bitcoin.

I'm totally agree with your answer. I think that Bitcoin will continue for a long time without bans. But if the government wants to avoid it, who knows what will happen.

they can set up own system yeah every altcoin has a potentials and has a right to be trusted,but Can Beat Bitcoin?no and never in our times.we dont know in next generations if the alts can take the top position of bitcoin.but now as bitcoin dominantly taking the whole crypto community.it will never

Bitcoin's lifespan? Well i personally don't think it is going to end anytime soon. Also i don't think any other altcoin can beat it now. Bitcoin has been very successful till now and its value is alot higher than other coins.More and more people are getting to know about bitcoins and investing in it hoping to get profit. Where as the number of people willing to invest in other coins are far less as compared to that of bitcoin. But if people stop using/investing in bitcoins it might be possible for some other altcoin to surpass it.

bitcoin is a very powerful, so I do not think altcoin can beat a bitcoin. already have their own systems. Buts its not so esay to Beat Bitcoin. Maybe in the future this will happen

I do not think that an alt that can beat bitcoin has been created yet, alts will be able to create their own ecosystem and are going to be good investments if you are able to choose the right one, but bitcoin is still the number one coin and it seems this is going to continue for a very long time, only a coin that is superior to bitcoin in all aspects and it is able to generate enough hype will be able to surpass it.

I think it is immortal even if it pop and decrease too much like to $100, it would recover in the long term because it is bitcoin  :)

Bitcoin would really remain as the King no matter what we do know its one of its kind and those altcoins are just next to it which means surpassing bitcoin or replacing it into its top place would really be a challenge on each coin developer but its not really impossible thing because nothing on this world that cant be replaced which means its really possible but on slim chances for sure because if we do try to see the community of bitcoin it is huge compared to alts which we can normally see on its value which coin have been supported stronger.

for now bitcoin is so strong, so altcoin still no one can beat it, maybe later on there is altcoin that can offset bitcoin, in my opinion the best altcoin is bch, it could be eth, it's in my opinion.

I think its a long way to go for other altcoins to reach the point of what bitcoin has achieved. Bitcoin has started crypto. Without the brilliance of satoshi that developed btc there would be no crypto. Bitcoin level is hard to reach. Other alts may replicate or design their system based on btc but not enough to overthrow it.

It can possibly happen if some altcoin will manage to use the technology which allows same transaction capacity as today's visa etc systems. So altcoin with it's technological system can become more widespread comparing to BTC but is it impossible that it will beat it as an investment crypto instrument. It can happen only if governments will ban BTC by brute force and close the exchanges.

Bitcoin is the mother and the root of all altcoins right now.If it wasn't for bitcoins then there will be no altcoins.Bitcoins will still be alive for a long time and hoping to be more ad the centuries go by.Maybe there can be an altvoin that is also as good as bitcoin maybe in the near future.

Maybe bitcoin will last a lifetime for me.And it will be growing and growing as years and decades will pass.Its power will remain relentlessly over years.