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I think that in 2018 Ripple will be the preferred coin and will take over as the biggest network by a good margin. Money is already moving away from Bitcoin and people are selling it for XRP and other cryptocoins.

Im glad to see people finally see that the true «shitcoin» is Bitcoin.

It is painfully slow, it takes away peoples money because transactions are very expensive, and it consumes a whole country worth of electricity because it is so inefficient and requires so much computer power just to have it running. In addition its forking left and right because miners cant agree on something and its anarchy there now.

I believe it is still too far from the truth. Basing on its current status Ripple might be having a hard time to cope up as much as bitcoins performance is concern. Ripple was only made such of bitcoins pattern. Though it is a prefered coin and has a potential, I don't think it can surpass Bitcoin this 2018. Still, Bitcoin will claim it's glory on top since it is the mother of all coins being generated in the industry. Just like any other altcoins it is striving its to be in the top of their game. It is great to see that Ripple is that steps up to it potentials.

It really hard to every single coin to replace bitcoin. But there is a chance for ripple because it has a really good potential but it needs many years because as we see now the difference price between ripple and bitcoin like earth and sky so far away.

I'm sure Ripple can replace Bitcoin to rank 1 in coinmarketcap.com, because as he is ranked 2nd after ETH no one can suspect it, therefore I think Ripple could replace Bitcoin.

I hope XRP overtakes BTC but I think for it to happen in 2018 is a bit far fetched IMHO.
But then again, Adidas passed Nike and all it took was Kayne! 

Lets not forget that Ripple went from $8B to $90B in ONE month. Bitcoin sits at $240B and is declining every single day.

I think it will happen very soon. Money is flowing in to Ripple in a extremely fast pace

Ripple won't replace bitcoin in use and community though it may replace in marketcap.
Tough bitcoin has it's own limitations, a enterprise controlled token can't be considered a cryptocurrency.

27 of the world largest banks are running a trial of their own blockchain as a replacement for SWIFT. If you think the banks would use something owned by the public when they can own it themselves you really don't understand how they think.

I don't think it's that simple, I think it's too naive to think that ripple could take Bitcoin because ripple got a good rising and shift eth position, it's not easy to replace Bitcoin, most of the place already accepting Bitcoin and the market dominance of Bitcoin is very high

Ripple is going through same phase what bitcoin went between Early November 2017 to Mid December 2017.
It's the fiat based large investors and hedge funds jumping into them.

Firstly bitcoin and Ripple are a completely different thing.
It's like comparing gold with real estate.
But rather correctly it's like comparing a popular cryptocoin with a ponzi.

True but People cant even mine Bitcoin today unless they own expensive asics. The whole currency is nothing more than investing project at this point.
Ripple is better in every way (faster, cheaper) and have far better potential at getting much better value increase. Not to mention Ripple is about making payments much faster and cheaper for everyone.

If you want to mine and make money, you can do that on several other cryptonetworks that is much better than Bitcoin.

Bitcoin sucks in every way. There is no point in keeping it alive and Im glad to see people selling their Bitcoins and see Bitcoin go down in value. These changes are long overdue.

I believe Bitcoin should be replaced by a good Alt Coin in the future and it will definetely happen in the years to come. But I dont not want Ripple to hold the position of the King !

I think that will not happen. The problem is that people will easily speculate, and then they do so with the extremes in their heads. Ripple (XRP) suddenly surpassed Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Well, they earned that to be fair to the Ripple team. Ripple is really a good coin and project and the Ripple Team is really doing their best for the project to succeed. But the people sometimes are jumping into extreme conclusions with a sudden pump. It will not happen.

LOL at your argument.
Although Ripple has grown well recently and may keep growing big in 2018, it won't be able to replace bitcoin ever due to its centralized nature. Even though many are investing in Ripple, but people who understand crypto and are in it for the decentralization of their assets, won't ever stick with Ripple. 

Ripple's user base is far less than bitcoin, so it's hard to replace bitcoin, which is recognized by all countries, but Ripple?

lol :D they are definetely using zombies now..
shilling is everywhere

if centralized coins that controlled by banks and government will replace bitcoin, its a bad thing guys

I don't think so. Ripple may well be that drowsing massive that we have been all on the lookout for but Ripple will take time just to catch up with Bitcoin. Lets see how high can XRP reach this year :)

I don't think Ripple is the one that can replace Bitcoin as the main cryptocurrency, it can grow more this year because banks are starting to adopt it but Ripple is a centralized cryptocurrency that is controlled by its company with all supply are pre-mined and how did you know that people are selling their Bitcoin to buy Ripple? you should give a strong evidence that will prove that it is true. Bitcoin struggles right now because it is not practical to make transaction anymore especially small transactions, but it will surely have a solution and LN will be released soon.

BTC may be challenged by an altcoin in 2018, but I do not see it being replaced. Maybe not for another 2-3 years.

And even if it is to be replaced, I doubt it will be XRP. Probably just a lambo moon dream by XRP holders...  ;)

I doubt it. Ripple may become big because of its partnerships with top centralized financial institutions but it cannot really win the hearts on most cryptonists that are  fond on decentralization.

ripple coin is replacing to bitcoin is not easy. i think it is not possible in 2018. because in some countries bitcoin used as a payments. bitcoin price is too high. ripple can't reach that stage. bitcoin is toppest coin.

First of all, it is necessary to take into account that ripple is a fully centralized coin and its quantity is printed at the discretion of banks. Its existence contradicts the basic principles of the crypto currency - decentralization, anonymity, freedom of financial choice. This Trojan horse is among the crypto currency. With this coin, you need to be very careful and in any case not to allow it to become a leader. Otherwise, the very idea of ​​Satoshi Nakamoto may die.

When can I buy a house with 120 XRP? it's 2018 and I'm still a pathetic virgin loser with no home of my own and with no girl in my life. back to the point.
Now in Cex.io there are millions of XRP waiting to be dumped, there are billions more ready to be generated by Ripple owners. Bitcoin has no owner, a centralized coin could never compete with it and you can never find a crypto exchange without Bitcoin, how many exchange services support XRP and provide trading pairs like they do for Bitcoin?

Maybe yes maybe not but I believe will not happen, even ripple can replacing bitcoin it will happen only a second not two second. Your opinion is good but I think you should see crypto market history before say something. For me, your post like joke, make me laugh. Bitcoin still and always become number one and no one/ coin has control about it, you should see it long time a go. Fix your mindset and I'll continue laughing again.

They are still a long way to go to replace Bitcoin but you cannot argue with success right now they are in the second place and getting stronger but ethereum has been in the second place for a long time also but failed to catch up with bitcoin, I don't see it better than ethereum.

no, never. bitcoin will be there. but ripple will emerge as a best coin after bitcoin. so we should invest in ripple.

Yeah, I always Hear and read some issue about this ripple Rising up and Now somebody is saying it will replace bitcoin, which is really Impossible, I can say that Ripple is on the Top 5 in the Marketcap but, if we're going to say that it will be the Leading Coin, haha it could be a fraud, Just Check It's Value, 13k dollars and up of Bitcoin and Ripple is 2 dollars, How far is it, it doesn't even Make the one fourth of Bitcoin.

OP is just a troll account. No sane person thinks ripple is ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to overtake anything lmfao. It's a joke coin.

Great discussion ripple really surprised all the crypto lovers as from last two weeks it is in trending and now on Rank-02 and in coinmarket it can break the Bitcoin ranking for a time being but not for ever as Bitcoin is still on big distance like earth from moon,

Wow strong word for saying bitcoin is the shitcoin. Have you ever imagined what will happen if ever bitcoin didnt existed?
Your damn supported coin wont be withdrawn by anyone for cash.
So what will happen? It will just be a coin in the internet forever?
What?!!! Something like a game coin?

If I were you I would be thinking first before I throw those words specially this one now.

Ripple will not take the place of BTC in 2018, and I think the fact that BTC's share of the market has dropped below 47% now shows that a lot of coins are on the rise. Such as xrp.IOTA these coins, strangely XRP is the central currency. Currently ranking is very forward, there ada this currency is also very front, you can say that Ripple can replace BTC, it is estimated that no one believe it! BTC 2018 may really become very mediocre!

I don't think that's a possibility. Ripple is good and has a strong, resourceful team working on it, but I don't like the way coins are distributed least the amount of coins supplied. Nonetheless, I have a good chunk of XRP, I held them even when it was 1/3 of the price I bought and will continue to hold them

Ripple currently booming in the price but comparing with the bitcoin doesn't make sense, taking by the price vice or market value ripple is no way near to the bitcoin, no doubt about the ripple it's a very good altcoin.

Are you aware that what you are saying , you are going against to the king of cryptocurrency , here everyone knows very well that how the bitcoin is famouse at global level .
Here if we will replace bitcoin with ripple rand then when people will make transaction for ripple then I don't think that ripple can handle those bulk transaction but still here bitcoin is doing very well .
And also we can see that the team of the bitcoin is going to make new new experiment ( double the size of of block ) , so that fees get down and speed of confirmation get up.  
So just wait for 1 to 2 month that what is bitcoin , and you will forget that ripple is just altcoin only .

I am very surprised by the recent volume of ripple trading, displacing the position of ethereum and continuing to stick to trading volumes from Bitcoin ...

I really hope BTC can fix themselves and fix some of their shortcomings .. because Riplle is indeed going to the moon

Bankers always win in the end

no surprising

This is possible if the pumping down of bitcoin will continue but I think that thing is far from reality.

Even if you combine all altcoins, bitcoin cannot be replace by any other altcoins specially Ripple as you can see the very huge value gap between bitcoin and altcoins in which already build from many years. Ripple should ensure that Ethereum will not bounce back because for me it was only a temporary change of place and title.

I want to warn against excessive interest in the ripple coin. It is completely centralized and managed by banks and the number of it is printed at their discretion. Therefore, its existence contradicts the basic principles of the crypto currency - decentralization, anonymity and freedom of financial choice. In any case, it should not be allowed even before the opportunity to become a leader of the crypto currency, as some, apparently, have such an idea. Then after a while we will not notice how we lose the main idea, which is the basis of the crypto currency of Satoshi Nakamoto. This can not be allowed.

I find this an absurd opinion, but a very optimistic one. We all know that Bitcoin is the mother of all cryptocurrency and already build up a great reputation. For my personal opinion, it is very hard to replace Bitcoin, the probability is very low. Maybe it can be replaced but needs a  long-term speculation for it.

This simply made a crack of smile in my face. But bitcoin's market cap at $231,944,390,252 is way more big for Ripple's market cap at only $86,941,487,997. In fact, ETH seems to claim it back as it goes for 6.27% for the last 24Hr change of its market cap. No other crypto could ever take bitcoin's place as long as bitcoin is still around. No other crypto does.

I don't think XRP will replace bitcoins,and ripple price bump will be just temporary and it will crash soon.Ripple is a centralized coin so it will controlled by someone so people have to stay away from XRP.People are investing in ripple for short term and to avoid the high transaction fee and waiting time in bitcoins.But soon the problems in the bitcoin will be resolved and bitcoin will be on track in this new year and it will achieve new prices everyday.SO people just hold your bitcoins tightly for good profits in future.

ripple will never replace bitcoin because there are still many more potent coins than ripples. there is still ethereum and also bitcoincash which is always a rival of bitcoin

If XRP will replace bitcoin as the leader of cryptocurrencies it will be the end of the crypto,xrp is centralized coin controlled by the bankers.

So based on coin market cap they have only released about 40% of their total token supply of this centralized token. About 4% of those are still controlled by the founders. It's current market cap is 85B.  So keeping that value the total pool is worth about 210B.  

Ripple is pretty much trying to replace the Swift system and SDR (special drawing rights).  Currently SDR is worth a little under 400B.

Let's assume 10% of banks in the world are testing or using Ripple.  If only 10% are using it and the thing it is trying to replace is worth 400B is there really any logical reason it should be valued any higher than it is?

Coins have their own limitation specially Ripple comparing to BTC. We can say Ripple Outdid its self in the market but BTC is still there to compete with it. BTC is declining its value for the meantime, it is for  investors to buy their way for this BTC and make some saving for the time Its value to rise up higher again. Ripple may replace BTC but its not the time yet, BTC still reign supreme and Ripple is to waait for its time in the Cryptocurrenc.

I think it's best to hold both coins! Bitcoin got its correction and will possible to bounce back by this year 2018. It's also a given fact that ripple is also a good altcoin that is good to hodl as it can rise in price by the end of the year.

I don't think ripple will replace bitcoin this 2018, bitcoin has already proven itself to the world and anyone knows of it. Ripple, on the other hand, is just starting but a lot of people are gaining interest to put their bucks to ripple. Another thing to consider is that bitcoin is decentralized while ripple is not. so it will more of the people's discretion if what they want to use in the future. Bitcoin currently has a high transaction fee while ripple will make bankers richer.

If this happens,bankers will win the crypto game,they will dominate again just like what they did in fiat currency.
So if you love cryptocurrency and bitcoin do not support this centralized cryptocurrency,it is clearly being manipulated by these bankers.

thats. very calculated and logical. ripple might have the chance to remove bitcoin from the top of coinmarketcap. but some people thought ripple can over the bitcoin price. this is fun to hear.

If Bitcoin will be replaced by Ripple then the crypto community that worked so hard to decentralize money/power have failed.
Look up the subprime crisis of 2008 and Bitcoin came into life in 2009 almost like a response to this incident.

Cryptocurrencies are supposed to be peer-to-peer, trustless and not owned by any government or any institution(s).

Another one useless coin which say like ethereum "we shall kill bitcoin" - that impossible to be

I doubt that ripple can overthrow bitcoin in rank 1, the sole propose of cryptocurrency is made to be decentralized, it'll make no sense if cryptocurrency will also be held by banks. Cryptocurrency means freedom not feedom.

I don't think so that ripple will replace bitcoin in costing but in volumes it may be possible. But Bitcoin is the leader of this crypto world and it can't be replaced by anyone. Bitcoin is decentralized while on the other hand ripple is not.  I think peoples take interest in ripple due to it's low cost according to bitcoin or etherium.

IMHO its Absolutely impossible the altcoin will defeated marketcap of btc. If it does than it will take a very2 long time to do that, to many big investor in bitcoin so it is will very hard to take position.
But let see how it goes, somehow crypto world is hard to explain

For now ripples show a lot of progress and values are starting to grow because I think ripples are great for future investments and prices will increase for 2018.

I also find it absurd, but not really because Bitcoin is the "mother". Yes it is the first mover and has built up a great reputation, but I think it is number one still because it has shown the strength of its principles more than any other alt. Even with all the drama, all the forking, all the socalled civil war, and all the crackdowns, Bitcoin is still there. Like other alts it has the speculators and profit minded traders, but it also has a strong base of users (yes! users!) and this community will be here for years.

Ripple? A long, long way to go, if ever.

I think that is way to far to happen right now. Bitcoin has a big amount of supply circulating in the whole world while ripple is being held by most pioneers that thinks it will be a great competitor against bitcoin. If the circulating supply in the market is insufficient the price will surely go up but the demand will never be satisfied and that will be a big problem.

To be honest, I do think in the short term ripple can be no 1 however that success will be short lived. Private blockchains are not the future. When this tech has been mass adopted, only public blockchains will be no1.

IMO, although ripple volume and price has increased recently, it is unrealistic and over ambitious to say that ripple is able to over take Bitcoin in 2018, 2019 or anytime soon.

You guys are just trying to create FUD in other to pump ripple and for traders to dump bitcoin! How can ripple of yesterday will replace bitcoin that has gone through a lot of development and issues and bitcoin forever. We should try to know the games whales do playing us most times in the crypto currencies. Bitcoin should be looked at a gold standard for all other.

Ripple is very centralized crypto. Plus it has the founders, but BTC don't. I suppose it's the best advantage of BTC. But in my opinion the failure of Sigwit2X (in Nov) was the beginning of the end because it has very obvious problems with the transactions speed at the moment.

It is true that Ripple will be the high potential coin in 2018 but I don't think it would replace bitcoin. Only Ethereum can replace bitcoin.

This thing will probably never happen. Ripple got a great run that's true but we have to chill before making long term predictions. Bitcoin is having hard times but this the part of the process. It will recover soon and will set new records.Bitcoin will stay as number one crypto currency no matter what happens.

It will be impossible for ripple to pass bitcoin to take the rank 1 spot solely because ripple is a centralized system. All of us if not most people here in the community prefers a decentralized mode of transaction.

Yap and as far as i know ripple is one of those coins that doesnt have any connection in bitcoin price. Ripple is on its own and you cant just compair to bitcoin. Ripple should be known by its own abilities and not just being compared to btc.

In my oppinion it is too far to happen this year,bankers controls the XRP's price.

It's always the same...

IOTA has a pump => IOTA is the next big thing and will replace bitcoin
Cardano has a pump => Cardano will be number 1 and replace bitcoin
Ripple has a pump => Ripple will replace bitcoin

so what's next? I will tell you:
bitcoin will get a pump => bitcoin will stay the number 1

first of all ripple will not replacing bitcoin please don't spread the FUD please? yes indeed ripple's price is rising but it doesn't mean that it can pass bitcoin in any terms  ripple had to pass 20k per coin first before saying that bitcoin is replaced by ripple this year alone although i am also a ripple holder so i am very happy ripple is rising but still i am not happy about the people spreading FUD and smudging bitcoin's after they have benefited on it.

ripple will never replace any cryptocurrency, not even bitcoin

I doubt that this year may happen. Bitcoin will for a long time only be a tool for sepculation. Many people who brought money to bitkoyn do not want to understand this market. They are only interested in fast money.

I would like to see that happen to be honest. Even though its the first coin to be launched and be used, Bitcoin is too slow and too old and ultimately needs to be replaced unless it receives massive updates.

lol u kidding or what? BTC is the daddy of all coins so no one can replace it yeah but as seeing to this Ripple Price Prediction (https://uslifed.com/cryptocurrency/iota-miota-vs-ripple-xrp-comparison-price-prediction) it has good potential to create history

Just because Bitcoin was the first, doesnt mean it will not be replaced and go down. Remember AltaVista, the hugely successfull and popular search engine? It went down and was forgotten when Google came around.

Altavista and Google. Bitcoin and Ripple.
It is very alike. Google was superior to Altavista when it launched. Ripple is also superior to Bitcoin. Its just a fact. Nothing can stay on top forever.

Right now people are selling their BTC for XRP. Id suggest people start doing the same because Bitcoin probably isnt going anywhere but down. Their top was $20k. Ever since it have gone down down down.

Actually even here Ripple is far safer and better than Bitcoin.
Decentralization of Ripple means it will be more decentralized than Bitcoin can ever be.
Read about their plans here:
https://ripple.com/insights/how-we-are-further-decentralizing-the-ripple-consensus-ledger-rcl-to-bolster-robustness-for-enterprise-use/

In addition we have Bitcoin breaking up with forks everywhere. There are plans for even more forks.
That is not possible with Ripple. Ripple is united while Bitcoin is falling apart.

Abandon ship

OK, Bitcoin has some serious scalability problems right now, so there are many speculations if some other cryptocurrency will take the lead. However, I'm convinced this will all end once lighting network is implemented in Bitcoin. That should solve the scalability isssues (I mean really solve, not just temporarily like it is with the increasing block size bullshit) and also bring other advantages. I thus think that Bitcoin will stay No. 1 for a long time.

Relax guys, ripple won't be able to replace bitcoin in 2018. Anyone will agree that people had enough with a centralized market. And it's better if transactions will be just peer-to-peer, a decentralized one, owned by none.

Everyone can predict something, with a note including a valid source of what he or she predicts. It's your right when you talk that Ripple will replace bitcoin in 2018. But what I want is when you talk like that, please include your reference, that is a very good assumption.

We know that the world of cryptocurrency is a decentralized system, which everything is managed by users. Unlike banks that have a centralized system, everything is set up by a party, and what happens to Ripple now is like that.

I hope that in the future everyone can talk according to the place. When talking about cryptocurrency means the goal is decentralization, and nothing will change it.

Anything can happen nowadays, we donno when can happen or really can't happen at all. Will you agree that centralized market or centralized coin? We need to know ourself first. Why bitcoin? Why ripple ? Some people will like centralized and some people like decentralized. For me I will not support centralized coin. I believe that no one can replace bitcoin.

Ripple is a good coin for investment and it is worth investing for my money, but riple replacing bitcoin im not sure what will happen this year 2018 it depends in the investors who invest to some good quality altcoin like ripple and I hope it would overtake it because I hold some of it.

Maybe yes? but not in 2018,BTC has giant community compared to XRP's centralized coin.

ripple have a potential but to replace bitcoin that have gain support though all this years would be hard. bitcoin today could be be considered as asset and not used for transaction. but who knows what will happen the world in cryptocurrencies is unpredictable.

Ripples underlying value is absolute 0. Ripple coin has no utility what so ever. Even if Ripple protocol becomes a huge success ripple tokens price should still be 0 because there is no reason to buy it. Also ripple is centralized. Guess what? DECENTRALIZATION IS THE WHOLE POINT OF BITCOIN. People are so clueless it hurts my brain.

Ripple is not even a crytocurrency. It disappoints me the fact that most people dont even care about fundamentals and just wanna grab a quick buck and bolt... We need to preserver the vision and goals we once had.

is this a FOMO thread????? ripple is a centralized coin for banks. why was btc invented? right to disempower banks. ripple doesn't fit to the principles of cryptocurrency. no coins will replace btc. thats for sure...and ripple won't get over ethereum. its just one coin. ethereum is a better technology and almost 50% of top 100 coins are based on eth.

please no weird threads anymore.

You are absolutelly right!

I belive that people stop putting their money into this shitty Ripple. It is absolutelly out of idea of decentralization - and there is upcoming a big crysis in monetary system - Ripple will fall down with banks!

Bitcoin and Ripple generally are very different coins, which are very difficult to match each other. If you have to invest money then I would choose Ripple. ???

Haha sorry if I am wrong but that thread had to opened on 1st of April. I am still laughing haha  ;). Don't joke about the king here.

And I thought i heard it all...
This forum section is turning into "lets bump ripple" section with large number of newbie accounts rooting for ripple.
I find that very strange.

Good joke bro.  ;D

Bitcoin will be the king of crypto forever,if you think bitcoin will be replaced by ripple because it is in second rank on coinmarket cap then ethereum should done it because ethereum has been in second place on marketcap value for long time.
Crypto investors please stay away from ripple because it was centralized and it was controlled by the banksters which is opposite to the basic properties of cryotocurrency.

Sorry, people are already dumping their Bitcoins for Ripple. Go watch any marketview and you will see.

Nobody control RippleNet. Not even Ripple. If Ripple goes under, the network will still live on.
Because its decentralized.

Go educate yourself instead of acting so ignorant  ;)

So what use do we as general consumers and not banks have for owning Ripple?

Thats too early to predict,XRP might have pumps from the last week of the year but it doesnt mean it will replace BTC in the near future.

Op, it is not as easy as you think for Ripple to overtakes Bitcoin in this year 2018. Although we believe that ripple has a very good growth potential in this 2018 which may likely hit above  $500 before end of December this year.

I can't believe it could reach the BTC cap in 2018. In my opinion Cardano is able to explode and surpass BTC, not XRP or any others.

Wow very ambitious target mate, ripple can be a good investment and can go high up to 50$ but achieving 500$mark would be very hard as bitcoin will still dominate and alts value will fall back again, just hold and invest wisely everything can be achieved if you understand what you are doing.

HUH? Is this just a pump thread?

A $500 valuation would put the total coin value at 21.4 TRILLION dollars.  There is only 1.2 Trillion dollars actual US currency in circulation. This also would make the owners of Ripple the richest people in the world with only 4% of the currently released ripple (assuming they don't release the other 60% they haven't released) at 855 Billion dollars....

Indeed it can theoretically. I mean who thought that Ripple would be no2 cryptocoin in 2018. Its market value is just under 90mil and Bitcoin is 224mil, so its possible.

It can be challenged by another altcoin Ripple or Ethereum but not replace. Bitcoin is the most known and widely used cryptocurrency around the globe. It will take years before it will be dethroned to its position of No.1 but anything can happen in crypto world.

I am not sure how do you come to this conclusion before this BCH had done same move then after litecoin (LTC) has done 50$ to 300$ move now after long time ripple is getting pumped and it will never be alternative for any crypto currency not even for smallest token . You just check DENT token growth in last month .  Its just pump soon it will be dump harder.

Ripple is an alt coin generated through the concept of bitcoin.  It is a bit off if ripple can replace its head.  Bitcoin has move quite far to be overtaken because its acceptance in the network has reach a global stage and has passed the standard of regulated banking institutions of countries that allows bitcoin to be accepted as digital currency payments.

It is not simple because bitcoin created this world and everybody know bitcoin. some government accept bitcoin and this took so many time. Ripple can increase maybe its marketcap will pass bitcoins but it wont replace with it.

We all know Ripple is centralized run by bankers, why should Ripple replacing Bitcoin, its really big difference. Bitcoin is the first technology that offers trustless decentralized system and many people feel have advantages because of it. Why should a centralized system replace Bitcoin.

If Ripple was Decentralized then i would like it if it replaced Bitcoin.

I think it's hard enough if Ripple can evict Bitcoin's position in Year 2018 and I think it will not be possible because Bitcoin is the first one standing out of all the coins. but I also think if Ripple is very potential for the future as well as Ethereum.and I think Ripple will only compete with Ethereum not with Bitcoin and they will only be for 2nd place.Bitcoin will remain the No. 1 in the World of cryptocurrency even though it is now costly and the shippers are long enough.

Its as simple as why no one is using Altavista or AskJeeves anymore. They were the first search engines but was replaced by Google and Yahoo.

Same will be said about Bitcoin and Ripple. Bitcoin is just a crappy coin. Its controlled by the wealthiest miners and it just sucks in so many ways.

Some people need to stop clinging on to the past and embrace the future

This must be a joke,XRP is a centralized coin BTC is the cyptocurrency foundation!

Indeed, Ripple is the talk right now because of it surpassing ethereum however, if we consider the difference in market cap of btc and eth, there's a huge gap. So I'm not saying its totally impossible, but it can't be achieved in just a year. Maybe..just maybe, in three years time, with the support of banks, XRP will surpass BTC.

No other currency has been around as long as bitcoin, therefore no other crypto has had to go through the roadblocks that BTC has.

Ripple can be controlled by the government and corporations, Bitcoin cannot, you might say it is a shitcoin because it's currently at one of these roadblocks, but right now there is a massive push underway that will fundamentally change the game, once the lightning network is out of the testnet, everyone will see what the real shitcoins are.

Ripple will replacing ethereum? Yes it can. But I doubt then it will be replace BTC. Even Bcash lol

Though ripple is performing very well now and reached the second ranking position in crypto world BUT Ripple replacing BTC is something next to impossible.

I think that Ripple can not replace Bitcoin in 2018, but in future, it will do it. Ripple has still not had private wallet and it has not listed coin base exchange, when this happend, ripple will actually take off to the moon

I am not sure if RIPPLE will replace Bitcoin or not, maybe some other coin might replace it like CARDANO or IOTA. I think because the big bank money is behind RIPPLE, it does have a sure chance in beating Bitcoin at it's own game, because although it is a centralized currency, most people in crypto are not idealists, they just want to make a fast buck, so if RIPPLE is the one to make them money they will follow it, even if it is a banker backed coin.