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RIPPLE Corrects 20% And Still Stays On Top Of Ethereum -- Interesting Thoughts

Ripple is correcting 20% today after a crazy stellar run up the day prior, rallying over 60%. This heavy pullback is normal and was to be expected. What's crazy to see is if Ripple will hold on to the #2 spot in the crypto market cap space.

My honest assessment is that it's another pump and dump scheme right now and just has the momentum. Ethereum is actually more utilized and has more utilization use cases than Ripple.

One thing Ripple does really well is using a new distributed ledger instead of using a blockchain. This effectively makes transaction speeds much faster, cheaper, and makes it so all the nodes don't have to store the entire blockchain data.

Overall it's fun to see these two battle it out. I think a lot of the growth of Ripple right now is in anticipation of Coinbase adding it as a traded coin. This will definitely increase volume, so should keep Ripple moving along. The drawback to this however, is that it's artificially pumping the price up so things are actually already priced in. This means the moves to the upsides aren't going to be as great since this anticipation has already become something everyone knows and is pricing.

Ripple is still more than 10% on top of Ethereum which are both at least 75% ahead of the fourth place coin which is Bitcoin Cash. Safe to say a change in 2nd and 3rd doesn't really do much.

Since Litecoin is a fork from Bitcoin and actually is an improvement in my mind, I think this could ultimately be a sign of Bitcoin's fate? Litecoin maintained 2nd and 3rd positions for a long time and is now struggling for 6th just ahead of IOTA which is still a token.

Alrighty, that's enough rant for now. Let me know your thoughts on Ripple vs Ethereum!!!

ethereum now ranks third on coinmarketcap after lagging behind the ripple, but it seems ethereum will catch up on this, ripple prices are now decreasing by 22%. and as we see eth prices are slowly ascending.

I had recently dumped my ethereum for ripple.The reason was simple, ripple was growing like a lion! Ethereum is good too...but idk if it can compete with XPR.

In my opinion, the potential of ethereum is far greater than that of XRP, so I prefer the ethereum.

Ethereum is populer for creating great contracts in the blockchain on the other hand ripple is a technology that act as a digital payment network for finicial transaction. In my view ripple and etheruem both can have a good future.

RIpple and ethereum was pretty impressive altcoin right now, how the price of ethereum already above $1040 and then ripple always increase everytime, Pos still even don't implemented to the ethereum network and it will become very big in the future.

Ripple had an amazing ride. I wish I could bought some.
Ethereum started to grow. Currently around 1000$

both are equally good, none of which I forget and both are already in my portfolio. for now I'm just thinking about how to get the benefits of these two alt  :) :D

Hardfork of Ethereum and integration of Casper can make Ethereum great again.
However, Ripple is already 50% of the capitalization of bitcoin, anabolic token lol :D

Ethereum has begin to raise up more the price so its time to begin to have fear of missing out of investors. Many are investing in ethereum becasue eth has assets (Erc-20 token) which is you need ethereum to buy tokens and sell it again into eth on Etherdelta. And also the perception of other people is to invest in ethereum is makes money more profitable.

I can say that ripple is now stronger than ethereum, if you will look at the price gap the difference is so huge. But I can also say that this is a bubble for ripple

It is just horrible that ripple gets this attention and market cap. I am still positive that at some point all that will be dumped. Going back to a centralized system, after all, is just such nonsense. But yeah, if it gets listed on coinbase it probably will rise even more.

I believe that these two cryptocurrencies are promising. You should buy and hodl both and make a profit. :D

ETH has a lot of problems to its network though its a good platform,XRP has advantages if we are talking to tx confirmation speeds and it is much more cheaper to the new investors,but eth is more matured than XRP i will still choose ETH over XRP because it isnt that centralized like XRP.

Does Ripple have smart-contracts? Crypto kitties? Maybe someone cooler than Vitalik Buterin?
You know the answer. Ripple is a dead pseudo-crypto without a soul. Ethereum is true crypto with the slowest network and hard-boiled community.
Stay ETH

I am always surprised about how people talk about Ripple just because its price has increased hard last several weeks and its market cap is higher than Ethereum. It is kind of a private blockchain for banks and goes against the whole idea of decentralization. I do hold some for diversification purposes but not a core holding for me indeed.

Ethereum is more matured than XRP and XRP can be at the top for some time but eventually, Ethereum will be the top choice after btc.

The answer is Ethereum, of course. I think Ripple is a balloon. I don't buy Ripple. It may explode very soon and it may upset investors   :)

Really sincerely want your words to be true. There is only one thing to remember - XRP are driven by superb fat cat's managers who knows everything about speculations. Also they can easily regulate the price of the coin. Well I see that in several future years that will be really crucial struggle between those type of crypto platforms, with Ardor, Eos, Waves and others.  

I agree with you. I think there are investors 80% of the whales who play their games to sell coins to noobs and to collapse it.

 RIPPLE and Ethereum both good coin. ripple grow very fast in last few days. but now time to pump Ethereum. dont miss this chance. ETH  use many ico . my opinion this is better from ripple. next few days ETH  back into 2nd place in coinmarketcap and hit 1500$ very soon.

I will still choose a matured coin like ETH,XRP is just a dummy to the banker's real motives,to get more BTC from people who bought XRP then control the whole crypto using their centralized coin.

I go with ethereum in this match up because even though Ripple is currently taken the spot of number 2 in crypto, ether will slowly ascend and will take over the spot of number 2 again in the near future, because as you can see ripple now is decreasing slightly while ether is increasing slightly, and honestly speaking Ether has more potential than ripple in late future

They may be vying for second place, but they are not really competitors at all. Smart contracts look set to be huge in the future, and ETH is far and away the best smart contract platform at the moment - particularly with its first-mover advantage and establishment of the EEA. XRP on the other hand doesn't have any real competitors, and looks all set to transform the international banking industry.

I think these are the most promising alts, and they merit their places at number 2 and 3 in market cap. ETH and XRP together make up about 70% of my crypto. Both have a good chance to overtake bitcoin.

I am personally a fan ethereum,and I believe that it should be the second, I think that there is potential and he will be able to regain his position

But Ethereum is still the second coin in importance after BTC . Now she plays a huge role in kryptomere

Ripple is a pure crap. Banksters just hype and fuel the ripple thing. I wonder how any crypto enthusiasts support this kind of fraud in crypto. A coin with unlimited supply, prone to hyper-inflation, supported by banks, it sums up the idea of how fishy the ripple thing is.

I believe Ripple has huge support from the banking industry in some part of the world especially Japan and this is one of the reason why much people and young investors are investing XRP due to its high scalability and features.
But I believe Ethereum will overpower Ripple in the sense that it has an ERC20 platform that powers numbers of cryptocurrencies today and Ethereum is still the best and the strongest Altcoin today.
In terms of market capital, Ripple did replace Ethereum due to massive support due to its cheaper coin that attracts young investors. But Ethereum still holds as the number one Altcoin.

I believe ether is much more useable at this moment, and has a better team behind it's success. Ripple is being pumped and will cllapse due to not being decentralizeation

Ripple has shown a big increase in recent times but it does not give me complete confidence. It needs more time.
Unlike it, Ethereum is moving forward with sure steps.

Indeed, I still believe in Etherum and I believe that Ripple cannot ever replace Ethereum in terms of technicality and features.
Ripple can only advance in terms of market capital as the main measurement for Cryptocurrency market strength. 

I dont care which one is on place 2 etc.

ETH is my pick. Ripple is against crypto vision.

ripple is going high and high and the market cap exeed then ether...price of ripple is very low than ether  it need low investment than ether
the growth rate is higher than ether the growing rate is more than 100% of ripple

Since some banks announced in a huge marketing campaign that they are accepting ripple as a payment method, I believe there is something fishy going on, because banks will never endorse something without a guaranteed benefit for them.

Ripple is a controlled coin and the public is being fooled into this shady market. When regulations hit and banks enforce regulations on ripple, it'll be too late and it'll crash hard. To be honest, I did buy 100 XRP when the price was dirt cheap just in case ignorant people cause its price to explode.

Ripple is closed source, not anonymous, and not decentralized. Your privacy is compromised. This is the opposite of what an altcoin should be.

I don't even get the idea of comparing two coins.

My favorite altcoin is ethereum. Although ripple had showed good rising in the near past, I think it is a big possibility that ethereum's price and popularity will increase more than ripple's price and popularity.

Ethereum is now a solid platform which accomodates a lot of new coins now adays while XRP is still on the hype but eventually its price will pullback to its proper place.

Ethereum wins from ripple by milestones. No comparison imo, eth's smart contracts are better than anything that ripple has to offer.

Ripple became the second crypto currency in terms of capitalization. The main competitor - Ethereum - lagged behind by more than $12 billion. For me, the important difference between Ripple and Ethereum is that Ripple transactions are not irrevocable, that is, they can be returned. The funds are credited in the instant mode. That's why I prefer Ripple, not Ethereum.

Well, in my opinion ripple has a greater future ahead in terms of unit growth as compared to ethereum base on my accesment so far though it is subject to what exactly will happen in the nearest future to both of them. Although ethereum is currently below ripple in terms of market capitalisation and that doesn't mean ethereum will not grow high in value like what happen in 2017.

Ripple is very interesting coin. i like their technology. But there are so many coins erc20. I very like to use MEW. Its so easy and comfortable. And i like  the price of etherium now. May be ripple become a coin number one but not now) My choice is Ethereum.

There are thousands reasons to choose ethereum over ripple. Most important of them is ripple is opposite of everything cryptocurrencies stands for. I personally don’t like the idea behind ripple. So i would choose eth and put my money in a coin that makes life easier for all of us crypto users.

right now, nothing can compete x eth, everything has been built on eth and eth is decentralized, eth is 15 seconds, ripple 4 to 15 seconds to complete a transaction. eth has everything a decentralized cryptocoin has to be.

It isn't interesting nor is their tech. They are a coin that is controlled by a few and everybody else must cater to their whims. Have fun with that as much as I hate to admit it Ethereum is the lesser evil of the two.

Ripple is not in use as its made out to be, and the amount held by the founders is insane. Its criminal that it has a higher cap than eth, and suspect it won't do for long

Ripple managed to outstrip the ether by capitalization. And what does it mean? Trading plahadyki under it remake? Maybe. And maybe the etherium will also rip up.

I think for long term Ethereum will get a higher market cap than Ripple again

ripple has huge supply, I don't think the price will drop a lot for this correction, ripple always show stable corrections and strong support at each price level. Ethereum might exceed ripples' market cap but will take a long time.

Im go for ethereum, the eth is great project for great ideas such programing,build up apps,investment,mining....altought ripple is only transfer coin,ripple only goes up becose banks pump for big cash out u see ripple crash. 900 millions dollars...invest  bank in first day when he goes crazy ,check the info in ethernet!

Ethereum is sitting at the 3rd place in the global cryptocurrency tank but I think Ethereum will soon catch up and retain its former position very soon.

I like Ethereum not Ripple, the Ripple coin is going to dump when it gets to a flat price. It might dump around $4-$5.

My choice is ethereum as it is leader of altcoins and number two after bitcoin. You can also buy Ripple but you gain more from ehtereum and it will be the coin of 2018.

With this match up, my vote goes for Ethereum because even though ripple get the number 2 spot in crypto sooner or later i think etheruem will bounce back and get revenge why? Because as you can see ripple's now is going down. As per ethereum it is also goin down but i think ether has more potential than ripple in the future so ill stick to eth!

there are predictions that ethereum by the end of the year will be $8000 while ripple is slowly decending...
what are you predictions on that?  :) :)

I think the one which is consistent will take the 2nd spot of cryptocurrencies.
I will go with Ethereum.

the ripple seems more promising this year when compared with the ethereum. therefore invest in the ripple seems more promising when compared to ethereum, besides capital also used his greater level than ethereum.

yes i do think ethereum going to takes second position again. soons we will see ethereum become much stronger than ripple. im planing to buy some eth and hope it getting bigger.

ETH has been growing over a period of time and it's a wise choice of investment...it's gonna take its number two spot on the coin market cap soon....

Ripple's increase is mostly due to the speculative nature of the crypto-world. While Ethereum's growth is mainly driven by its fundamental value.

I prefer Ethereum because Ethereum is stronger than Ripple so definitely invest in Ethereum more make profit than Ripple

Ripple has shown its strength by gaining top Altcoin, Ethereum is also doing well and is behind to Ripple. in future both Altcoin will rives to each other.

Ripple may have a good technology but they are dominated by greed. Ripple is a centralized institution no matter how you chose to put it. People are missing the point here. Bitcoin and Ethereum were made to be decentralized. Many people believe that is the best thing about them. Why would you buy something like ripple that is centralized?

Right but ripple won't secure that much volumes because still 55 billion coins are with escrow and when it comes to ETH the supply is less and it is generating huge volume in the market after Bitcoin.

For me, this is the 1st major increase for ripple hodlers. I bought ripple last year and forgot i have them because i did not care then on how much it was. When i noticed the price, i remembered my old account and luckily i got my own profit. Ripple had the 2nd place some time ago but it did not stay there for a long term. So i guess now ripple will be at number 2 for a longer time.

Ripple offers solutions for money transfers. But Ethereum intends to make our life easier with smart contracts. So I think Ethereum is ahead.

I heard a news saying that Ripple will take over Ethereum as the number 2 spot in coinmarketcap. And they will push ripple to be "the first crypto that will defeat bitcoin." It'll be a hard journey for them but I don't really think they can do it on bitcoin. Probably they will find it hard for them to be able to defeat ethereum but not bitcoin.

I don't think that Ripple will ever match Ethereum. It is a long way ahead. The only altcoin which can match Bitcoin is the Ethereum.

I prefer Ethereum, because the price of Ethereum is faster and bigger than Ripple

i thing ripple is not growing so much because compare to ripple and ethereum in price etherium price is too high and growth also

Recently there is a big news that tells how weak this Ripple could be when handling problems.
Just one news about Coinbase not accepting them takes Ripple to a big dip and it is really deep. That is a big lost to large amount investors.
This is really just blooming now because of the cheap price that it offers which is good for those who have just low amount of bitcoin to be used to buy those altcoins.
Still I would prefer Ethereum. There is still room for growth with it.

It's not about speculative nature but you can tell kim jong un to not rush to buy ripple , because i only know all of this big bullish of ripple caused by the ripple gets huge pump in the south korea.
So many people are talking about this ridiculous bullish. it surpassed ethereum just in some days and that's amazing.

I will say the facts, the Ethereum is now very similar to bitcoin and on the second market capitalization. Its main advantage because of which it has a huge demand is the ability to enter into smart contracts. But Ripple is almost absolutely independent coin, so it is for long-term investment, or for situational speculation on the news. Yes, and the volume of trade in recent years has grown very much. So you need to take both coins.

Ethereum and Ripple are both good alts they are expected to be the next crypto currencies after bitcoin but for me I am more confident with ethereum and I think this is more promising than ripple even if today ripple are more active in appreciation than ethereum. I think like bitcoin ethereum will just fluctuates from time to time and become valuable in the coming years

Did something happen to it right now?

Ripple can not compare with ethereum in the long term. Growth ripple is temporary and after a while it will go down, as it is pumped up by various financial structures. Ethereum is more stable, it performs extensive necessary and useful functions and no ripple it with the altcoin leader will fail.

Ripple is very interesting coin. i like their technology. But there are so many coins Erc20. I very like to use MEW. Its so easy and comfortable. And i like  the price of ethereum now. May be ripple become a coin number one but not now) My choice is Ethereum.

Actually i dont really understand the fundamental of the both coin but i only know these 2 coin on 5 top ranking. So my opinion just hold both because from the volume and marketcap look many new investor jump in to these coin so that the demand increasing and the price also will going up.

I think that the etherium is better than the ripple,he proved himself much better than the ripple.
He helped implement many projects that used a smart contract.
Ripple is the same banking pseudo-crypto currency, I think it does not have the right to stand next to crypto-currencies

I think there's nothing to talk about here. I do not even ask such questions, because these are completely different projects and their goals are completely different, Ripple is not even a platform, it's a centralized coin, 60% of this coin is from the developers of Ripple.

I think Ethereum is much more perspective then RPX and it is a high probability, that price soon will pumped. Then ETH might return to the second position.

Yes, you are right, these projects do not need to be compared. They are not competitors to each other. It seems to me that the ETH project is more extensive and covers different spheres of life.

Both of these altcoins are have different characteristics in cryptocurrency, Ethereum is having smart contracts in the blockchain while on the other hand ripple is a technology that act as a digital payment network for financial transaction. But they both have big potential in the future even though they have different characteristic as a coins. For me no need to choose which one they all have potential so i must prefer to choose them both.