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The comparison of the value of etherum and bitcoin is very far, the price of one BTC is $ 45,975 and one Etherum is $ 3,152 (15 August 2021, 16:53:00). Etherum is far behind BTC, although Etherum’s current popularity is great, unfortunately Etherum still can’t be the first in the market. what do you think?

You can not use the price to compare between the two, you will use their marketcap, I am not saying Bitcoin is not stronger, Bitcoin is the strongest cryptocurrency. If you think you can use the price, you will not get the actual value you are looking for because ethereum and Bitcoin do not have the same prices if even they have the same marketcap, but the buying power is indicated in the marketcap not their price.

Both were not comparable. When you are comparing both and then it's very similar like you are comparing apple with orange. that will never happen. Bitcoin has its own purpose while ethereum was also having its own purpose as well.
The price doesn't matter but the role of this crypto can become the main thing to be used as a way to determine the real purpose of the coin.
Bitcoin just like a digital gold that will always be ruling the crypto market.

Bitcoin still has the huge advantage that it was the first cryptocurrency ever and therefore paved the way for other all crypto projects to follow, so if there would be no bitcoin there would probably be no cryptocurrencies at all today. For most people that are not into crypto bitcoin = cryptos because they don't know any other crypto project than bitcoin. If you just look at the functionality and the possibilities than i would say that objectively ethereum is the far superior blockchain compared to bitcoin. You have faster transaction speed and what is far more important, you have the smart contract functionality, without that a lot of the current hypes in the crypto space like Defi would not even be possible.
So i believe that the value of Ethereum will come closer and closer to the value of Bitcoin.

While the tittle of the thread is correct this goes way beyond just the price of the two, bitcoin is not only the first cryptocurrency it is also the best, also a lot of people were disappointed with how the ethereum developers dealt with the The DAO hack.

They dealt with it by creating a hard fork and returning the funds to their owners and while this may seem like something good for those that do not understand the issue this violated the principle of the immutability of the blockchain, which gave birth to ETC, and to this day many of those that were around to see this think of ETC as the real ethereum despite the price difference between the two.

Coins are not ranked according to their price. Ranking is according to market cap. For example, according to Coingecko number 3 coin is ADA which costs only $2+ per coin. But there are many coins such as BNB, BCH, LTC, LINK, DOT which cost much more than ADA.

I will start by saying, I agree with your title, and it is not only about Ethereum but all altcoins, Bitcoin have no rival and that is just the fact. The level of commitment investors and the entire crypto community have shown towards  Bitcoin is noteworthy, and this keeps proving that Bitcoin is offering something reliable and trustworthy. Ethereum is the best altcoin and that is one of the things which has kept it in such position till date which is, behind Bitcoin. Ethereum also is very innovative thus the reason a lot of investors are still Investing heavily and project developers are still launching their projects on, in all not minding the high gas fee. Also, apart from the London hard fork which has made the Ethereum blockchain more reliable as it is working perfectly, another upgrade which will keep the Ethereum blockchain in spotlight is the ETH 2.0.
Therefore looking at all these about Ethereum, it is evidently clear the blockchain will keep growing, keep retaining its position but nevertheless, will find it hard being a rival to Bitcoin.

The first is in terms of price, which is much different, the second is that bitcoin is more popular, so I don't think it's time for Ethereum to be the first in the market.

Yep, they have huge difference when it comes to prize, but in volume,if I am not wrong, Ethereum has larger volume compared to bitcoin, as it has more use-cases than other crypto, having so, it became widely used by developers for their projects, specially these days for NFTs, a lot of these NFT games are based on the blockchain of Ethereum, some do have their own tho.

There are some speculations tho that ETH might be able to be valued the same as bitcoin's today. We don't know, but I believe in the future of both ETH and BTC.

I don't get you, market cap or price or even popularity Bitcoin is head, neck and shoulder above any other alt-coins, so I think you arguing a lost course, furthermore I don't think I would compare the two, because I plan on owning the two in the future, so a low grade/budget investor I consider myself as one, ethereum may not been too bad for me, but even if it has a low price than Bitcoin, $3000 and more is still high for me.

Bitcoin is definitely leading in the market when it comes to its price but when we talk about real life use cases, ethereum beats bitcoin. But i think they should not be compared because these two will make up a perfect pair for investments.

Bitcoin as an investment and currency while ethereum serves as a good platform to all developing projects. So they all have different usage but still come up leading in the market all throughout its bullish season times.

The popularity of Ethereum is also still far behind compared to the popularity of Bitcoin. So it's only natural that Ethereum can't make it first in the crypto market. If the popularity of Ethereum exceeds the popularity of Bitcoin, then it becomes a question why Ethereum has not been able to become the first in the crypto market. So we must first synchronize the popularity with the position in the crypto market. What often happens to us is the wrong judgment that gives rise to the wrong questions.

ethereum does not have any technical advantage over Bitcoin it will never exceed the popularity of Bitcoin. If you are hoping for that and invested in Ethereum because of that then you need to get out now.

Populatiry-wise they are pretty close now. ETH hosts thousands of dapps and that alone makes eth very attractive to the investors. But in terms of merchant adoption, bitcoin is in a better position even though its tx fees are far greater.

ETH and BTC have different target audiences so I can agree with the title. Both are great projects.

If we compare the price of Bitcoin and Etherium here, we can see that the price of Bitcoin is much higher. But in terms of popularity, we can see which is not less than which.And Bitcoin is the number one position coin in the market so the best bitcoin here will always be the best bitcoin.

Ethereum isn't far behind if you'll look at their rankings. Btc sure is always top 1 and Ethereum is at the 2nd spot. There's no need for anyone to compare and say that there is a rival between the two. They're utterly different as Ethereum more focuses on smart contracts and it's now becoming going to have lesser supply while bitcoin has already a fixed supply. We don't have to wish that Ethereum is going to be at the top 1, that spot is for bitcoin and will always be.

Price alone is not a good comparison, have you heard a lot of project under Bitcoin?
Well, I don’t need to compare these two because I know we all respect Bitcoin and because of that, no project can beat Bitcoin despite of having a huge demand in the market. BTC and ETH are both good coins we can have this two and make more money as they grow over time.

Max Supply of Bitcoin 21M
Ethereum's Max Supply will be aiming for 100M due to burning.
The crypto world will change very quickly, and fast blockchains with low-cost transactions will be the most popular.
I heard a very interesting idea about bitcoin. While the world government was fighting against bitcoin, a lot of other projects came to the market, and now the revolution cannot be stopped.
Bitcoin has taken over all attacks for many years.

What you are focusing on exactly? I think comparing Bitcoin and Ethereum, isn't only based on the price. Why don't compare its popularity, market caps, and real uses of those coins in daily life. I think comparing those things is better than comparing the price. Because when you compare them based on the prices, it is very clear there is a too big gap. There is no need to compare something that is already clear enough.

The answer is still the same Bitcoin out performs Ethereum every where you look and as the title of this topic says Ethereum is not a rival to Bitcoin.

You are actually getting it all wrong bro, YFI price was at $70k during bitcoin's peak, that doesn't mean YFI  can be compared to bitcoin or can be a rival to bitcoin, the comparison is usually between the marketcap of each coin and as at the time writing this the market cap of bitcoin should be x2 or x3 of Ethereum's marketcap, Ethereum is growing really fast and with the London fork which makes eth burn from the total supply, the ETH community is so pumped about it and they keep dreaming that eth will flip btc someday just like other coins did :D.

At a point i saw Ethereum competing with Bitcoin, but the truth is after a long fight, Ethereum got to realize that Bitcoin is not on his lane (he cannot compete with Bitcoin). So since then, Ethereum has grown to become a very giant ecosystem of it own and its doing quite well in propelling the adoption if decentralized finance.

That means that they hyped up coin should be the number one coin in the cryptocurrency market. I just want to know, have you made any transactions in Ethereum recently or have you purchase anything in the market using ETH and if you tried any of these in the past few months you would know that you will be shelling out huge amount of money as gas fees and how do you think it will overtake Bitcoin with these huge technical restrictions.

You don't use the price as a basis for comparison you'll look at market cap and the supply, Bitcoin has limited supply compared to Ethereum, they are rivals of course the first spot is always threaten by the one sitting in the second spot and the second spot always threaten to take over the first spot, for me, they are not rival at all, they compliment each other in some way and their success is the success of the technology.

Agree that Ethereum is not a rival to Bitcoin. Bitcoin and Ethereum are digital assets and they have different functions. Ethereum with its smart contract helps the business and banking world to enter a safe crypto world while Bitcoin can be categorized as gold in the real world. Both are cryptos with the largest market cap value in the market and this shows that investors trust them both

Bitcoin is more popular than Ethereum.
The reason is that I have never seen a coin go over Bitcoin.
So I don't think any more coins can go on top of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a very popular.
After Bitcoin, there is Ethereum Coin now.

Aside from price, the trust built within the two is different too. Its use cases and features are quite incomparable. BTC established itself as a store of value that protects your money from inflation and bank intermediaries. ETH in other hand is a utility token for ETH network and this network established itself as a great smart contract creator.

Although they are not close in value the crypro market is still highley volatile so this price gap can change at anytime and considering that etherum is the second most valuable cryto per unit it is naturally the greatest threat to bitcoins position. 

when you shop in the Cryptocurrencies market there are many types what comes to mind first, people will look at btc, so he will not be defeated no matter how much it is altcoin, they will see btc as the first.

I think that it is quite possible for Ethereum to replace Bitcoin one day. It might happen when Ethereum 2.0. launches. Bitcoin is the most popular crypto with the biggest market cap, but it is nowhere near as tech-developed and multifunctional as Ethereum. We often hear about new upgrades of Ethereum, about the solutions of layer 2. On the other hand, do you hear something similar about Bitcoin?

To be honest, Bitcoin has many disadvantages. It has a very low scalability. As a result, to pay for a cup of tea in a cafe we would have to wait around 10 minutes and pay a big fee, so I don’t find Bitcoin to be very convenient for daily payments. And what is worse is that I haven’t heard that someone was going to change it. Maybe I'm just not aware of this. So I think that of course Bitcoin is the beginner of everything in crypto, but without any changes it can’t be successful forever.

It's not just the mere value but the network itself has different routes of pages where they are completely on another planet to each other. In recent years, people compared Bitcoin to gold while ETH to silver. in terms of price, that would make sense as we can see where they are right now but when it comes to usability, I prefer bitcoin with lightning network to avoid those unreasonable transaction fees when only doing a single transaction.

both of them were best cryptocurrency in market which is have strongest community and also already adopted in any field as payment system or smart contract platform.  between of them could not compared peer to peer because they have different feature and each of them work by their self.

price and circulating supply will infleunce their marketcap calculation.

This. And i really have a feeling that Ethereum has a change. Now i know that people start to talk about flippening when we are moving at the top of a cycle but there's just too much development happening on ETH and the amount of money involved in DeFi and NFTs is just insane. Not to talk of other systems people are building on top of eth.

Basically, all of the coins that used different blockchain should be co-exist one to the each other. There's no need to expect another competition will be coming from there. Bitcoin has become the main pair for crypto and ethereum to be the best smartcontract platform although there are bunch of smartcontract platform these days but ethereum still remain the best.
People didn't know what they were talking about but they were only seeing the fight between bitcoin based on the price and marketcap.

It is incorrect to compare Ethereum and Bitcoin. They have different purposes, they are used differently.
I can be wrong, but one was created to be anonymous, fast and cheap alternative for payments, but others as a platform/blockchain for projects to be used.
If someone really wants to compare value of each cryptocurrency, I think it will be correct to compare the energy spent to mine both of them compared with the value they have. But not just market value.

For the future ethereum is still difficult to replace bitcoin, but the market response to ethereum is very good for now, many even speculate that ethereum will replace bitcoin in the future.

Indeed, nothing is impossible in the crypto world, but in this case I still doubt the speculation, there is no reason why bitcoin is difficult to replace at this time, but the process carried out by bitcoin is a very good improvement for the future, it is natural that bitcoin is difficult to match when this.

Ethereum can not beat bitcoin as bitcoin is still the leader among the other coins. Ethereum moves behind bitcoin and it is difficult for ethereum to increase the price like bitcoin price. But I can say that ethereum is the leader for altcoin because the popularity of ethereum and the price of ethereum is too bigger compare to the other coins. The other coins still follow where bitcoin moves like what ethereum did so we can not compare how bitcoin and ethereum works. But I agree that bitcoin and ethereum can give us the opportunity to make money.

No one is saying ethereum is stronger than bitcoin, but you can not make use of price to draw the conclusion, the conclusion can be accurately drawn from the marketcap. Bitcoin and ethereum do not have the same supply, they do not have the same price even if their marketcap are the same, not saying their marketcap is the same. Why price is not used to list the cryptocurrencies? It is marketcap that is just to list the coins in hierarchical order.

Not hard to compare coins. Just look at the coinmarketcap rank, you will see a marketcap rank that you will use as comparable coins. If you are comparing just by the price you will wrong, despite that bitcoin is still on the top of the market place but ETH is ever surpassed bitcoin in marketcap also. So this 2 coins are great for investment and no benefit to compare them

Someone like OP who has no idea about marketcap and compares the prices should never really talk about the rivalry of two different things. The price difference between bitcoin and eth is 14.5x right now, that is how much bigger the price of bitcoin is, but if you check the market cap difference then it is literally 2.3x right now. So if the price of eth actually goes 2.5x higher than in the ranking ethereum will pass over bitcoin.

If you are not even aware of this then I am sorry but you have no power to start a new topic and be taken seriously, your views are as unimportant as a 2 year old, actually there are some 2 year olds that have a lot more sense to shut up about things they do not know about, so I am sure there are some that should be taken more seriously than OP. First get a knowledge about it from others, then speak your mind about it.

Yes I really agree with you mate, both crypto has a different market value and also has a different purpose but they only the same in the fact that these cryptos are good for investment even in a short or long term investment. Besides both cryptocurrency were now known as a valuable crypto and there's no point of comparing the two in terms of price because it is quite obvious how far was the value of bitcoin compared to Ethereum.
It is just so good to know that people who can't afford to invest in bitcoin due to it's high price could still have the chance to invest in a top crypto which is Ethereum that is much affordable.

Its over 13 years since bitcoin and the blockchain was invented and the BTC dominance is over 48% and ETH dominance is still a merely 18.85%.
Bitcoin cannot be toppled by eth or any other cryptocurrency in the coinmarketcap because aside from bring the first and most popular cryptocurrency, the periodic halving ensure the decreasing supply of bitcoin which contributes to its increasing value

I think the Price is not the main criteria. Use case of any coin is more important which reflects the inherent strengh and intrinstic value. Bitcoin is most De-centralized and has very  limited supply that is why it deflationary and store of value but we have witnessed during the past one year that coins those have upgraded their network and improved use case like, Polkadot, ADA and Matic , have shown growth in their price to the4 extent of 800% in one year. Hence, as long as Ethereum continues to upgrade its network, reduces transacton fee, it will certainly impact on its price.

I think ETH don't need to be the same price as BTC. While BTC a store of value for a lot of people, ETH is pretty different. And it's usage is more universal. Web-sites, games, NFT and lot more.

When people compare bitcoin to ethereum it is like comparing gold to silver, both are very valuable but have very different uses and but ethereum will not be able to replace bitcoin which will continue to dominate the market forever.
and besides, ethereum's second largest capitalization in the world, after bitcoin which is always in first place according to coinmarketcap data and both are a perfect match and not to compete, and both are very nice to have.

if the price of ethereum is the same as bitcoin, it means that ethereum is in the same position as bitcoin guys, so that's how the position of ethereum is the same as bitcoin guys

If you compare the prices of the two coins it will certainly be much different. Try to see from the other side like the performance of the two coins. Many say that if ETH has a better performance than BTC, yes this is true because we know that one of the functions of altcoins is actually to complement or improve the shortcomings of BTC. So it cannot be denied that ETH has better performance even though the price is not comparable to BTC.

Bitcoin is one of the most popular and widely used cryptocurrencies. The growth in the value of this crypto asset continues to increase.

However, seeing the movement that occurred, some analysts tried to guess the direction of the movement of crypto money, unexpectedly by Goldman Sachs. In his asset analysis, Wall Street giant analysts predict all have the potential to surpass bitcoin in the coming years and not be able to compete directly as a safe haven like gold.

Ethereum has seen a flurry of activity on its network over the past 12 months due to the soaring popularity of so-called decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

You can't compare Both coin and also price.Bitcoin is king of crypto and most valuable coin in the market. Now Bitcoin (BTC) price Around $46k+ and ETH price $3.1k+ both prices are big difference. But both coin are valuable in the crypto market. I think BTC and ETH both coin are best for investment.

Ethereum creation was greatly influenced by bitcoin as you can see the success of ethereum network and growth look similar and effective like bitcoin, but they are not the same.  Bitcoin is low in supply but ethereum is unlimited until recently when London folk on ethereum is beginning to burn ether supply!  Bitcoin value is still growing and this will remain for a long time!

Ethereum can never go beyond bitcoin. People who love bitcoin will always be with bitcoin and bitcoin is like gold. Silver can never be gold. There is no doubt that Ethereum is a good coin but it has different uses. Bitcoin will always dominate this market.

I do not think it is possible to make a concrete comparison between btc and eth, btc is and will remain for a long time the reference point for all altcoin markets, eth will never reach the value of btc but will remain the altcoin with the most versatile blockchain with many tokens with smart contract, nft, so in my opinion they are not in competition and they are not comparable but they are the best altcoins at the moment among crypto

The biggest application of Bitcoin is for making payments and as a speculative investment asset. On the other hand, the most important use of Ethereum is for smart contract platforms. However, there is a large overlap between these two. Ethereum can also be used for making payments, and lately returns from ETH has been higher than those from Bitcoin. There is zero chance that ETH will be able to overtake BTC anytime in the next 10 years, but from what we have seen so far, it is poaching a lot of users from Bitcoin.

There is no reason or strategy whatsoever for ethereum to overtake bitcoin at this time and it is not easy to do so, even though ethereum is currently quite successful in securing itself at the number two position in the crypto world.

What ethereum needs to maintain right now is popularity, so as not to be displaced by other coins in the years to come, this is actually more difficult than trying to overtake bitcoin in such circumstances.

why should compare unnecessary? whether with this comparison you get a big advantage? you are wasting your time.
It's like comparing volleyball and basketball. although both are balls but they have their respective roles and functions.
bitcoin will continue to be bitcoin, king of all coins and almost all coins in altcoins point to him because it is perfectly natural that the volatility of bitcoin which is very good causes this to happen.
while eth is eth, which sticks with its smart contract concept system which can be said to be the next generation of bitcoin.
even though they are in one similarity in the blockchain but it can't necessarily be compared with one another

I agree we can't compare Ethereum and Bitcoin, because they both have different functions. So Ethereum and Bitcoin were not created to beat
each other, but I think they were created to complement each other. For investors having both is a very good decision, because we know Ethereum
and Bitcoin perform equally well. By investing in Ethereum and Bitcoin, the profit that will be obtained will also be much greater, than just investing
in one of them.

Well... you can't just compare the price/unit. You've got to take the supply into account as well. A better way would be to compare the market capitalization of the two crypto assets.
BTC's market cap is only about 2.3x ETH's one while the price difference is over 10x, but then when you look at the supply you'll have a great discrepancy. ;)

I think Bitcoin will continue leading the market. That's the most trusted asset IMO and I believe most of the funds will pour into it.

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Yea the comparison is not within the price but the market cap, if it's by the price then ADA shouldn't be among the top 10 cryptocurrencies. No matter what bitcoin can't be compared to ETH, they both have their different reasons of creation and works perfectly in their own lane, bitcoin will always be the number one cryptocurrency, the most popular and trusted and I think it will still hold that position no matter what happens I don't think Ethereum will flip bitcoin in the near future.

I agree,  normally bitcoin and ethereum are different in all things, even their rate of growth is far from each other, etherum grows in an arithmetic way while Bitcoin grows in a geometric rate. Rivalry occur among two close project that offer the same offering and bitcoin and ethereum are not.

Making comparison of Ethereum with Bitcoin and using price is just dumd. You were supposed to make comparison in term of adoption.
Do you know why Ethereum is so special, it's because of smart contract, the ability to accommodate other new project and built on it makes it so special, this what bitcoin lack, it doesn't support smart contract.
Looking also at the supply, bitcoin is cap at 21 million, Ethereum has also implemented a mechanism that burn some ether burnt during transaction reducing supply. It's just a matter of fact before Ethereum start competition with Bitcoin.

Ethereum can really compete with bitcoin because it has more use cases than bitcoin but since they  also excel in different ways so they should not be considered as rivals. Ethereum is more on smart contracts while bitcoin is definitely focus on being an asset or investment.

However, bitcoin has always make it on the top, having ethereum on its next. They have different purposes so they should not be considered as close competitors, instead they make the perfect pair in the crypto market.

And ever since, Bitcoin has been far different from the rest of crypto. That is why they are called altcoins of Bitcoin and they are created not the same that Bitcoin has. It was not just because ETH uses a smart contract but obviously, we can see that even the price could tell that Bitcoin is the king and dominating the market due to its capabilities where these altcoins like ETH is also having different functions and market role.

As others stated it's not price but market cap you should look at.  Due to different max/circulating supply of every coin, coin price is irrelevant in terms of this conversation.  But you are right they aren't rivals per se.  They perform very different functionalities in the crypto sphere.  Can eth take over btc in market cap, maybe I guess.  Will it?  I'd put my money on no.

In my knowledge, Ethereum is so much different as compare to bitcoin in a finance would use it. Bitcoin as many experts mentioned is a better store of value and it durability and immutability are proven. Where as Ethereum definitely has an intrinsic value for so it has so many real-world use case application hence it had already version 2.0 so to speak. Ethereum can scale to changes. But bitcoin can never be equaled.

Yes, bro, basically these two platforms were created to both be able to dominate the crypto world, but because maybe the bitcoin platform was born and there are so many users, even though the Ethereum platform is also not lacking in users, but for Ethereum to be a competitor to bitcoin, I think it could happen, but not for now bro.

right, the two are different, which actually complement each other. ethereum boost their trust back after success on hardforlk london. and I don't think eth will be able to replace BTC which is like a fixed price for cryptocurrencies, while eth may still have to be able to compete with other altcoins, bitcoin always leads the altcoin journey, which direction will it go

I have never seen the both of them as rival, because they were both created to serve different purposes. Bitcoin was created to serve as a method of transaction, that’s the main purpose of Bitcoin and it has been serving that purpose till now, although sometimes we all do complain about the fees, which is a temporary problem. Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency to this day and is being used the most than every other cryptocurrency there is.

As for Ethereum, it is for smart contract and it has also been doing well in that area and so far it has remained the undisputed. There has been a lot of smart contracts that were released later to compete with Ethereum, but it has been able to beat them all and still remain in its position.

btc and eth are indeed the same cryptocurrency, but for the price issue I don't think we can compare it, from the start it can be seen, if the purpose, and price value is different and also the demand for bitcoin is much greater than ethereum. Bitcoin will not be rivaled by Ethereum forever because btc is the king of all cryptos and Ethereum is just following the movement of bitcoin behind it.

ETH doesn't need to fight for the first place with BTC. It provides us more than just a asset of value.

for whatever purpose bitcoin and ethereum are actually different. ethereum was created more for a platform that supports a transaction system, or more easily any coin can make transactions using the eth fee as long as it uses the ERC20 network. while bitcoin is not used for transaction systems such as ETH.
it's clear that eth and bitcoin have different goals and are not suitable when compared or become rivals

It's not Ethereum that will be a competitor in the future, but we will see the movement of BNB in the future, that's one of the predictions of Cryptocurrencies that will rival Bitcoin. thank you

I think we have to stop thinking about that because no matter how many ups that ETH has been made, it was impossible and never be the first in the market. Bitcoin is Bitcoin and known as the king of crypto, ETH is just an altcoin. If we think deeply, this could never happen and besides, they have a different purpose in the market and so no reason they've got into the competition. Price was just how it value in the market, but it is not our basis that a coin could be the first, 2nd, or the last one.

Ethereum and Bitcoin have similarities. Of course there will be differences.
resemblance:

• Both are decentralized.
• Both utilize a distributed ledger technology called blockchain.

The overall goals of the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks are different. Although Bitcoin was created as a substitute for the national currency and therefore aspires to be a medium of exchange and a store of value, the purpose of Ethereum is to serve as a platform to promote unchanging procedural contracts and applications through its national currency.
Ethereum is another use case of the blockchain that supports the Bitcoin network, and in theory should not really compete with Bitcoin.

Of course it will not be the first coin because Bitcoin will still be the first coin. When you know the power of Bitcoin and the advantages of Ethereum, you will also know why Bitcoin is number one. Regarding prices, not only at this time but since the beginning of the appearance on the crypto market, BTC prices have been expensive and not everyone can afford to buy BTC, that's why Altcoins were born as an alternative for people to be active in cryptocurrency.

But to replace Bitcoin is not easy, Bitcoin is the reference for any coin at this time, to become a competitor is quite difficult and almost no one can do it, indeed at this time the market response is very good for ethereum, but that does not mean ethereum can replace bitcoin just like that .

If we talk about the future, then there is no certainty to replace it, if today we analyze the development of bitcoin, even the analysis must be based on past and present references, thus giving birth to studies that are not based on our own thoughts, how can bitcoin be replaced.

Bitcoin and ethereum do have very different values ​​and selling prices and it is very unlikely that ethereum will exceed the bitcoin limit. And it will make us free to choose between buying bitcoin or ethereum because they have different selling values.

For now, yes, if we look at the dominance of Bitcoin based on the crypto market cap on the coinmarketcap site, it is more than $850B marketcap but in the future we will not know if BTC will still be at number 1, because if we look at the supply of coins from ETH more than 100 million and Bitcoin 18 million then Bitcoin is more popular, of course BTC is superior because if Bitcoin is not created then we will not see ethereum and other altcoins.

In everything, comparing 2 things to us people is completely normal.
People tend to compare this to this where in fact, both aren't comparable to each other.

Both Bitcoin and Ethereum are different in their own ways. Bitcoin has been used as a store of value while Ethereum has been used for smart contracts. Both of them are very good coins to invest with but making both of them as rivals is kinda nonsense at least for me. One thing more is that Ethereum can't beat Bitcoin in terms of market cap but both of them have similarities and differences. There is a part where Bitcoin excels and there is a part where Ethereum excels too.

It’s not about what can compete with btc it’s what can do the most times xs for instance.  Eth might be able to compete with btc but it sure as hell won’t generate as much wealth as something from cents going to dollars with more room to grow

There is no way ethereum is more powerful than bitcoin.
Because BITCOIN is the king of crypto that cannot be rivaled by ethereum or other coins. bitcoin has progressed very rapidly in a decade it can be significant in the field of companies, the economy. and even people who have large funds invest in bitcoin so that it has a higher value than other coins. For example, Elon Musk invests in bitcoin and doge. In an instant the price of bitcoin soared. conclusions can be drawn accurately from the marketcap.

Ethereum will never be ranked 1 on coinmarketcap and replace Bitcoin, because Bitcoin will remain in its position (rank 1 on coinmarketcap) and of course Bitcoin is not a rival to Ethereum, because Ethereum is a companion to Bitcoin (Bitcoin is king and Ethereum is queen), so of course Bitcoin will always be on top of Ethereum and stay at position 1 on coinmarketcap, while Ethereum will remain at position 2 on coinmarketcap.

We don't know this, bro. Who can guarantee it? No one knows the future. I think it is possible although the opportunity will be very small. We must be aware that crypto space can develop significantly, current top coins can be replaced by other coins in the future. Although Bitcoin is the first crypto coin, it doesn't mean that Bitcoin will be the number 1 coin in CMC forever.

Bitcoin as well as the other top coins aren't rivals or competitors. They have different roles and functions that's why they're on top. I don't think there's a competition between Bitcoin and Ethereum since Bitcoin has a huge advantage over it. Ethereum has passed lots of tests of time but it isn't competing with the king of all cryptocurrencies.

From the results of my personal analysis, after I studied the charts from year to year, there have been no signs that etherium will step past the selling price of more than the price of BTC, so it's likely that it's a bit heavy for Etherium to get past BTC, AND Etherium isn't losing either. there are still many who like it to invest in ETH maybe because the price is affordable by small investors so there are so many

If technical comparison, ETH is very good and promising but they do not have the only independent characteristics of “anonymizing” the founder.  It's very difficult to make an impact.  The capitalization of bitcoin is accounting for 55% - 60% of the total market capitalization, even though ETH has a 2.0 upgrade, it completely does not change the characteristic view of the market.

Ethereum can never be the first in the market because of its unlimited inflation compare to the bitcoin that has limited market cap of 21million supply but the best thing that ethereum can do is ETH has a good chance of surpassing the $660 billion market capitalization of bitcoin. For now ethereum can never be on top when it comes to value in the market but it has a potential to be most usable crypto currency in the world.

Both are good digital currencies and have potential for storing value. But the two have vast differences, both in terms of usability, value and purpose. in terms of market demand bitcoin is far superior to ethereum, not to mention the price that no altcoin can compete with btc. that's why I don't think bitcoin is a competitor to ethereum.

Why people keep comparing these two great coin? In terms of price? I don't think so, these two coins have their own uses the Ethereum can make smart contracts and dApps and of course DeFi while Bitcoin can be used as an alternative payment in terms and the first cryptocurrency ever created. In terms of use the Ethereum has more use rather than just a mode of payment.

Price is not the main thing to make comparisons. There are still many advantages and disadvantages that Ethereum has that need to be seen and studied, so the issue of price is one of the considerations.
For me BTC is almost perfect in crypto, therefore I just want to say that Ethereum is indeed difficult to compete with BTC. Now I see the ongoing competition in the market between ETH and BNB regarding the popularity of each of these coins.

I don't even know about that, it's not necessary to always compare prices, it's not all just because of the price, we know that it's different and Bitcoin has come a long way when it comes to its price.  What is important is that they both have their role and purpose here in the world of crypto.  They each have something that they are superior to each other.  But as far as I know, DeFi is only used by the Smart Chain network.

Compared with BTC, ETH has a lot of room for upside value.
and we will make more profit from ETH.it's worth to wait.

ya well, i'd say ETH is > BTC since 90% of good stuff ( defi etc.. ) are on ETH chain ..
Bitcoin is high mainly because it is the first cryptocurrency  ???

It will continue like that forever, Ethereum and Bitcoin are the best options at the moment, both have their respective roles in running the system, but there is no possibility for ethereum to overtake bitcoin in the next 3 years.

But even so, people's response to ethereum is much better than bitcoin, because ethereum is an investment that can be reached by many people, while bitcoin only some people can do it.

That's why ethereum more people respond than bitcoin, while bitcoin is only talked about by people who have above average finances. this greatly affects the value to the public today.

without bitcoin there is no Ethereum, I think there really is no need for competition between the two, everything is equally good it's just that it still has drawbacks, especially in ETH and BTC about transaction fees which are a little expensive

bro, You don't use the price as a basis for comparison you'll look at market cap and the supply, Bitcoin has limited supply compared to Ethereum, they are rivals of course the first spot is always threaten by the one sitting in the second spot and the second spot always threaten to take over the first spot, for me, they are not rival at all, they compliment each other in some way and their success is the success of the technology.

Because it is not a coin that is competitive with each other. instead are ETH dependent on BTC. and all altcoins basically depend on the price of BTC. altcoin prices will always depend on BTC and that's for sure. the high price of a coin is not a benchmark that the coin is better than others. if you look at the market there are also coins that are higher than BTC but it doesn't mean they are greater.

they are different types of coins and cannot be compared, Bitcoin offers a peer-to-peer electronic money system for Bitcoin payments or transfers. While Ethereum focuses its blockchain on running decentralized programs, including Ether payments or transfers.
So it's up to you which one you want to invest in.

Well, if you are going to check the stats between both coins, you would see there is a big difference between the two, and that Bitcoin is still dominating in all aspects. Popularity-wise Bitcoin is also reigning supreme on that arena even though Ethereum is also well talked about in many cryptocurrency circles. Both coins has their different purposes and both are unique in their own right. So I would say that Ethereum is not a rival rather than another coin that people can use to earn more money.

No it's not and it will never be, why because  bitcoin isn't an altcoin nor is this a competition.

For arguments sake if we compared the two,these are in different worlds...it's like comparing apples to oranges, ethereum is a coin with smart contract compatibility which is something coins like bsc and trx have and best fit as rivals and not bitcoin.

Btw why do we want to treat these coins as rivals, for the crypto ecosystem to thrive it they need each other don't separate them.

That is exactly its all about, maybe if they have the same purpose and total market cap, definitely there is a reason to compare which one is better but knowing they are of a different market role this makes no sense.

Actually, I don't find any competition between these two leading coins and obviously, we can see also that Ethereum is still following on what happens to Bitcoin. If it pumps, the same trend we are able to see on ETH and to the rest of altcoins. This literality will tell us that Bitcoin has to prove different from the rest and have no reason why we have to compare it from the others.

Ethereum is not a rival to bitcoin, yes bitcoin is independent and unique in the nature of this industry.  Ethereum ranks with thousands of other altcoins.  Bitcoin represents decentralization that without any action could threaten its very existence.  While Ethereum (Altcoin) will be in the range of possible symptoms.

Total supply is one of the reason why the price per coin is low compared to bitcoin and as the title says ethereum is not the competitor of bitcoin but now there are lot of coins emerged to become the actual ethereum killer.

Let's start with the fact that ethereum is still an altcoin, and it really is the father of all altcoins in terms of capitalization and price, and you should not underestimate this coin, remember how it all started with bitcoin, it also had a price tag that was not large enough, but soon it took off , with ethereum, I think the same thing might happen ...

Ethereum can not beat bitcoin as bitcoin is still the leader among the other coins. Ethereum moves behind bitcoin and it is difficult for ethereum to increase the price like bitcoin price and did so we can not compare how bitcoin and ethereum works ,But I agree that bitcoin and ethereum can give us the opportunity to make money.

It's a shame if anyone says that ethereum is a competitor to bitcoin. because bitcoin is a perfect coin, everything is controlled by bitcoin like price, volume, marketcap and also popularity. all aspects are owned by bitcoin. so in my opinion no one can compete with bitcoin at any time because bitcoin is the king of all coins.

You can't compare bitcoin and ethereum. They are two different networks with different use case. Just because Ethereum is not on the top doesn't mean its not better than bitcoin. The market capitalization means nothing when it comes to determine which coin is better. Bitcoin has a supply which is capped at only 21 million where as Ethereum has unlimited supply. If Ethereum also had a supply cap, probably the value would have been more than it is now. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum is great. It's up to you where you want to invest. Ethereum does have more space to increase in price.

I think it is not impossible if Ethereum can beat Bitcoin someday, who knows mate? I know that Bitcoin is like the mother of all crypto coins and Bitcoin has the highest market caps so far. But this cannot guarantee Bitcoin to stay at the number 1 coin in coinmarketcap. Although the possibility of Ethereum beating Bitcoin is very small, it is not impossible, right? Everything in crypto space can be changed and no one knows the future of those crypto coins.

Maybe Ethereum is not that powerful to be able to beat Bitcoin and capture its throne. But we never know whether this situation will change in the future. Because there is no guarantee for Bitcoin to stay at the top forever. At some point, I think that Bitcoin will start losing its popularity among the other new projects. And then, we will most probably see a brand new cryptocurrency taking Bitcoin's place in the market.

So, we should never say never.

I think Ethereum is very undervalued. This situation may change within a year or two. If the implementation of Ethereum 2.0 goes smoothly, then ETH will become even more popular. I think that the usability of Ethereum will slowly start to be more attractive to investors and in some time the price difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum will start to decrease. I don't know how long it will take, but if Ethereum continues to grow at the same pace as it does now, then in about 3 years there is a chance that BTC and ETH will be equal in prices.

It is true that Bitcoin is stronger, and many people use bitcoin for payment, etc. But this two is not for the competition. Just because Ethereum is far below bitcoin doesn't mean Ethereum can't beat bitcoin. I've heard about this ETH 2.0 and i think if the project itself success, it will gain more user and even more popular than before.

They are both different. Sure they can all be used for transactions, but they are different, they have different goals that they were developed to achieve.If you search up Ethereum, it’s being said that it is created for smart contracts, so it’s quite different.That aside, I don’t think there is any cryptocurrency that can beat Bitcoin right now, and not just now, even years to come I still can’t imagine that happening.

Being the first cryptocurrency gave BTC so many advantages over other cryptocurrencies in the market. But it’s not all about which is number one or not, it’s all about what you want, whichever cryptocurrency gives you that, then you should go for it.

The value of bitcoin and ethreum is very different but the two coins are already very popular among the public so that both have their own appeal, of all ethreum altcoins are coins that are currently the parent of other altcoins so many investors are always eyeing the coin, and for now ethreum volume continues to increase so that for this year it will definitely reach a new ATH, Do not hesitate with both coins because they have a very good future.

There's really no need to compare since both is playing their role in the market on their top performances ever since. Bitcoin has always been on top and Ethereum never managed to get very near to its value yet their achievements together showed how they can both dominate the market at same time. There will still be a lot of things that will happen in the future but ome thing is for sure, both coins will be able to survive and has a high probability of getting recognized or legalized in many countries in the world. Investing on both can also be beneficial so stop comparing, just keep on cherishing how good these coins are.

Notwithstanding with the grounds of comparison, the two have distinct and essential functions which should be valued equally. I think that comparing and competing these two are not necessary because they both serve their respective enthusiasts and deliver what it is that is expected out of them in the market.

You shouldn't make such comparisons. both have different uses, different total supplies...and if the price of ETH exceeds BTC, then ETHcannot compares BTC. BTC was the pioneer and paved the way for the cryptocurrency market it is today. The crypto market is as strong as it is today thanks to bitcoin. without bitcoin we would not see any altcoins.

It looks like bitcoin will still be the king above the peak of cryptocurrencies, but to compare BTC and ETH certainly not comparable, both in terms of price and volume, the function and purpose of the two are also different, for now bitcoin is a reference for the ups and downs of the crypto market, so I think The next 5-10 years also no one can match bitcoin

Don't look at the price of the coin, even Yield finance was once more expensive than bitcoin and that doesn't mean it's more valuable than bitcoin. No one questions the potency of bitcoin as a store of value. Ethereum is a great coin with a great ideology, but due to its low TPS, other projects like DOT, ADA, SOL, Near e.t.c are forced to contend with ethereum but not Bitcoin. I have some good tokens on ERC20 and I can't sell on Uniswap due Eth gas fee.  

you can't compare it with the price, because the price depends on the total supply, so even though the market cap of Ethereum is the same as Bitcoin today, but the price of Ethereum still can't reach more than $30k, because the total supply of Ethereum and Binance is almost 650% different (total supply of Bitcoin is smaller than Ethereum), therefore you can't compare coin A and coin B based on price, but you have to look at some factors as well, such as volume, market cap and total supply, although I'm also sure if Ethereum will never be able to beat Bitcoin until whenever.

Bitcoin and ETH are clearly very different, both in terms of price until the launch year is also very different. Bitcoin was born in 2009 while ETH was 2015. But when you look at their market stats, the comparison is rather small - Bitcoin's market cap is $147.3b while ETHEREUM market cap is 84.2b.

To compete with Bitcoin is rather difficult because Bitcoin was the first coin to come out before any other altcoin, and again bitcoin has achieved unforgettable success in the cryptocurrency market, even investors who invest in bitcoin are extraordinary, so I don't think Ethereum can compete with Bitcoin.

If technical comparison, ETH is very good and promising but they do not have the only independent characteristics of [anonymizing] the founder.  It's very difficult to make an impact.  The capitalization of bitcoin is accounting for 45% - 60% of the total market capitalization, even though ETH has a 2.0 upgrade, it completely does not change the characteristic view of the market.

Yup Ethereum cannot be compare to Bitcoin because of their use cases. But right now, I’m more bullish on Ethereum due to its use cases and the recent London hard fork. Bitcoin is still the king of all cryptocurrencies because of it’s popularity and a gateway to be converted to fiat or withdrawn to banks, remittances, etc.

Ethereum can’t replace Bitcoin. They’re totally different from each other.

Bitcoin is more popular then etherium but they are both useful and very important now a days.

The price of BTC is very high compare to etherium and the are having a good price as of the moment.

Etherium is not a rival of BTC because they are not the same.

ethereum does not compete with bitcoin, from price movements it is clear that bitcoin is incomparable to other alcoins, bitcoin price movements or declines have an impact on other alcoins, for example when bitcoin prices rise, alcoin prices also rise and vice versa, so I conclude there is no alcoin that able to compete with bitcoin including ethereum coins.

maybe if ethereum have same supply with bitcoin , king of cryptocurrency will be ethereum. From supply and smart contract feature enough for ethereum to replace bitcoin . so far bitcoin be top coin due its technology in ledger which is be pioneer in this market.

You don't compare prices instead, you look at market cap and supply. Bitcoin has a limited supply compared to Ethereum; they are rivals, of course, the first spot is always threatened by the one sitting in the second spot, and the second spot always threatens to take over the first spot.However, they are not rivals in my opinion; they complement each other in some way, and their success is tied to each other.

Ethereum and bitcoin as of now are two parallel line, and they don't have some thing in common to comapare, And bitcoin will continue to lead because its a price determinant to other coin, its grows geometric rate. So to me the growth of bitcoin is farther from other crypto coin and its not coming down sooner or later self.

I think Ethereum might be a rival to Bitcoin in terms of popularity and market price but there is never a doubt that Bitcoin will be always costlier and more valuable than Ethereum. The price of 1 ETH will never outshine that of 1 BTC.

And to things into perspective, Ethereum was inspired by Bitcoin so there is no way we can compare the two. Building an entire technology is one thing while improving the existing technology is other.

The market cap might be more for ETH in the future given that so many projects are built on it and it definitely has more use cases than BTC.

Competition is something that you cant really remove into a certain market and come to think that all of altcoins in the market is inspired on what bitcoin had able to achieved and rivalry would always be there.

The reason on why they cant really overtake bitcoin is that never ever could ever beat up the origin of crypto even though its a bit outdated compared to other newest coins in the market but doesnt mean

that it would really replace bitcoin into the top. Rivalry is something cant be avoided and there would always be those people who would really be having this kind of mindset.

Its natural for this two to be compare as we know this two coins dominated the market with its value. I think they have un similar interm of price value, bitcoin is have higher value than ethereum. But we dont relay on that because this two coin have different development and have its own popularity in the marketplace that can be more useable on its own way.

If it is in terms of price, ETH will never surpass btc, and no other coin can shake the position of Bitcoin. Bitcoin is now the first in market value and recognized as a digital gold, but now Bitcoin's potential for growth has become smaller.

Yes, i very much agree with you. 1 ETH cannot surpass 1 BTC, but ETH might have a chance, a big chance to grow up more.  I would say that in 2-3 years from now ETH price will go up as high as 5k or 10k. Let's hope my prediction for the future is coming true  ;D

It is impossible for eth to exceed btc. Both are the mainstream cryptocurrencies. The current price of ETH will not exceed BTC, and the total market value will not. If ETH wants to exceed BTC, it will be a big volatility that will subvert history. It is unlikely to happen, almost impossible.

so in order to become a rival both coin must have the same or thier value must be close to each other ? i guess no but i think it can also be based on other criteria like thier usefulness .
eth has more purpose than in bitcoin so eth can be better than in bitcoin but that was only my opinion and i know that others can disagree with that . even if eth is not the first , it can still be the first in the altcoin category .

In my opinion, nothing is impossible in crypto itself, because we don't know for the long term how the development of eth itself will be, when the price of bitcoin is very expensive and maybe people will feel unable to buy bitcoin and the closest solution is eth and maybe at that point. this eth will be more and more popular and the price will continue to increase, and this is my personal opinion

I don't think I have ever for once thought that Bitcoin have a rival or competitor, it is just a supreme coin which highly controls the market, so for a coin which such power and control, which other coin can be its rival, additionally, Ethereum on the other hand has never presented itself as a rival to Bitcoin, to the best of my knowledge, the team are only working on making their blockchain more scalable.
Yes, I don't think for once that Ethereum will be the first in the entire crypto market, in fact a lot of projects have tried to offer more speed or TPS thinking it will make them better, but I can't remember of any of them which is still active. In my opinion, project team should stop looking for rivals or claiming to be other projects killers, their main aim should be to work out something unique and applicable that will keep them always valuable in the sight of their investors.

If the king was decided by the size of it, elephants would be called the kings not Lions. Even if ethereum crosses and gains more price than bitcoin I will still consider bitcoin as the real king of crypto because nothing can deny the popularity and sentiments that come with bitcoins are superior to ethereum.

Exactly and there is no reason to argue which one is better. I hate these debates about who is better and who is inferior. There are people all over the internet fighting about who is better; Messi or Ronaldo? It doesn't make sense to always crown one guy on the top and make the other one inferior. Just let both the blockchains exist in parallel worlds.

I guess there is a fine line in there somewhere, yes I would say that even if ethereum passes bitcoin and if it is a little difference then I would say that I wouldn't really change anything about it. However, when we are talking about bitcoin one day going down to a whole new level like it is not even in the top 100 because something shocking and horrible happened? And meanwhile ethereum became the new first one because of it?

In that case even if ethereum falls down, like ethereum becomes 50 bucks but bitcoin becomes 2 dollars? Then I would not say bitcoin is the king. Obviously we all know it will not happen like that, only case for that would be someone finally figuring out how to hack any wallet they want and if anyone could have, they would have already so I think it is quite impossible, but that doesn't change the fact that bitcoin one day could have a big technical problem that drops it, I would consider king only in that case.

I think ethereum can compete with bitcoin but not on price because bitcoin is much more expensive than ethereum, maybe the current price of ethereum and bitcoin is 1:15.. however ethereum can compete with bitcoin by volume and market cap. if we look at coinmarketcap the comparison between ethereum and bitcoin is not much different. both are in top 1 and top 2 on coinmarketcap.

It is not a Bitcoin rival. It is difficult for any coin to compete with Bitcoin. Ethereum is indeed the best coin but cannot compete with Bitcoin from many factors it is still far behind. Ethereum matches and deserves to compete with the Binance coin in terms of price, network and other features it has.

In terms of usefullness ethereum is much more useful than bitcoin, bitcoin marketcap is really high because mostly major investors are holding their assets into bitcoin and bitcoin is purely an investing coin, there are just few people doing transaction with bitcoin because other coin's fee is cheaper and the transaction speed it faster just like ETH if we compare it bitcoin.
But bitcoin name is already big, that's why people are saving their assets into bitcoin and make the marketcap of bitcoin is the highest right now

Bitcoin becomes less useful for transactions the more its price increase. Thinking it like gold and all the hassle to transport it and Bitcoin now is almost the same. People now hoarding Bitcoin instead of using it for payment which what most cryptocurrencies aim for. This is what makes Ethereum stand out more than Bitcoin in my thinking, its usefulness in a daily day, in a booming market with a lot of transactions ongoing. Ethereum doesn't to become a rival of Bitcoin and that's actually a good thing.

I think that in order not to regret then, we shouldn't make a choice in favour of any of them. I know that Ethereum is much more developed and it doesn't get stuck, but it is still only number two. Maybe it needs more time as it is just younger than Bitcoin. But in my point of view, the thing is that people still trust Bitcoin more than any other currencies. Some people are just not aware of any altcoins and consider them to be very dangerous. Personally I prefer Ethereum as it offers a wide range of different financial tools, but I invest in BTC too.

Both ethereum and bitcoin are completely different coins and we dont even need to compare them with each other.
They are not rivals, both coins have their own importance and are the top 2 coins in the cryptocurrency world right now.

In the event that you want to utilize the value, you won't get the real worth you are searching for in light of the fact that Ethereum and Bitcoin don't have similar costs assuming even they have a similar market cap. Ethereum likewise is exceptionally inventive hence the explanation a ton of financial backers are as yet Investing intensely and project designers are as yet dispatching their undertakings on, in all not disapproving of the great gas expense.

Two different cryptocurrencies and different levels of adoption.
We often use capitalization to compare but that is not very true. And one thing is for sure, Bitcoin dominates most of the market.
Ethereum allows the implementation of smart contracts in addition to being a payment unit. There are hundreds of active DAPPs on ETH. That shows that the role of ETH is very important in running its DAPPs ecosystem. That is the key to all the problems around Ethereum.
Bitcoin is a global payment unit like ETH but it is the first and only blockchain to achieve the highest decentralization today. Big companies have all invested in Bitcoin instead of ETH.

The improvements that have occurred on Ethereum are purely for the good of Ethereum and for all Ethereum users, so it is still very natural and feasible for Ethereum to become another altcoin leader in the crypto space, because it would be useless if a leader did not upgrade himself.

both are both digital currencies but have different capabilities or uses in my opinion. Many altcoins have more popularity than Bitcoin like Ethereum, but it is unlikely that the price of ethereum will exceed the price of Bitcoin. I noticed that there seems to be no digital currency that has a price higher than the price of Bitcoin.

both work and have their own role in the development of the crypto market.
not everyone is capable and friendly with the bitcoin market. the best alternatives are altcoins like ethereum.
but thinking of the two of them as rivals is indeed very far away. I would probably prefer to pair Cardano, Polkadot, and Binance as rivals to ethereum.

ETH and BTC are not coins that can be compared, they are clearly different from each other and they also have their own goals, both ETH and BTC are good coins for investment because they are the king and queen of all crypto assets.

Bitcoin is way ahead of those alts and with high popularity of Bitcoin there's no rivalry but another alternative which trying to succeed from this industry.  And with those named alts you mentioned that's better competitions in terms of ETH, they more likely to share trying to be the next successful alts inside this market.


Good coins for long-term investment, solid project that keeps on gaining appreciations of the market.

If you like to have passive investment, these two coins have that capabilities. Make sure you to have that nerve to keep your asset on hold while the market continue to move.

Isn't it because Bitcoin is expensive and not because Bitcoin is one of those rare coins?
Recently too many people have complained about Ethereum. One of them is complaints regarding expensive transaction fees and other complaints so that many projects are now using Binace Smart Chain so far.

Its hard to compare the two because their prices are distant with each other. BTC will always be number one because of its large popularity.

Basically, we will see that as self-evident, but there will also be different views on these two leading coins. I see bitcoin gradually becoming an asset to store, and for ETH, it is seen as a technological solution in this field despite many limitations but what it has built and brought to the market we must admit that its position is very large. Overall, many people find these changes to be good. As markets become regulated, they become more secure for everyday users, and Ethereum, with the wide range of decentralized applications it supports and the applications it enables, can become normal. 

Of course Ethereum is competitor of Bitcoin. Ethereum is currently crypto currency number 2 and Bitcoin is first place.
When Ethereum challenges Bitcoin and Ethereum wins, it is called Flippening.

Bitcoin and Ethereum can be compared in terms of capitalization and price dominance. In this regard, you can see that the position of ethereum is gradually improving. Bitcoin's dominance rate has recently dropped to 42 percent, while ethereum's dominance has risen to 20 percent. The Ethereum network continues to update and this is yielding definite results. However, the ethereum coin is still far from Bitcoin. So far, bitcoin is the undisputed leader of the cryptocurrency.

Each crypto is solving a different problem in the crypto space and economics.
Bitcoin is a decentralized global payment currency. Ethereum is the world's largest smart contract platform.
You're comparing capitalization, that's just a subjective comparison.

Ethereum will never rival Bitcoin because both have different purposes, Bitcoin can't compare with any altcoins because Bitcoin is always prime from other cryptocurrencies so Ethereum is workable but can't compare with Bitcoin.

Bitcoin will always remain the king of cryptocurrencies as it all started from it.Ethereum is the greatest addition of all the other cryptos and I think it will remain the same.Also Ethereum right now is the most mined coin from GPU miners so it has a lot of popularity right now,Bitcoin and Ethereum looks like they serve a different purpose and the biggest difference is we know the creator of Ethereum but we don't know the real creator of Bitcoin.

BTC is the first digital currency to be created, with a very limited amount, while Ethereum is a blockchain network that develops smart contracts to manage projects to grow, and of course the growth of ETH is very dependent on bitcoin movements, therefore ETH does not  can compete with the popularity of BTC at any time, because in the world of cryptocurrencies bitcoin is an investment that is highly prioritized by everyone, even though etherem's capitalization is very high in the market it still makes etherem the second best investment in the crypto market,

At the moment Ethereum has not been able to pass the real BTC price, because BTC is the parent of all altcoins, just today, September 5, 2021, 713,427,331 rupiah /BTC Still while Ethereum is still far behind BTC at a price of 55,069,103 rupiah /ETH and this Ethereum price has started to fall again because BTC is dropping in price

Until now, ETH has not been able to compete with Bitcoin in terms of price and value. but in terms of usability and use, it is clear that both have their respective advantages. Bitcoin is more likely  to the storage of wealth assets, whereas Ethereum is more of a platform that used by smart contracts . So in my view Ethereum and Bitcoin are not rivals.  

everyone should put aside such thoughts. because each platform has a different concept and market. except comparing two or more projects in the same concept. ERC20 with BSC or with other smart contract platforms. I think that makes more sense.

They are different types of coins and cannot be compared, Bitcoin offers a peer-to-peer electronic money system for Bitcoin payments or transfers. While Ethereum focuses its blockchain on running decentralized programs, including Ether payments or transfers.
So it's up to you which one you want to invest in.

Ethereum has overtaken Bitcoin in its functionality for several years. This is an indisputable and obvious fact.

In terms of price, yes Ethereum price is not even close to Bitcoin's. And I believe that this won't change in the future also unless something really bad which can even end Bitcoin happens. But in terms of functionality and practicality, I think that Ethereum is ahead of Bitcoin now. And Ethereum is still being improved more and more which will open this gap in the future also. So, we shouldn't look at it from only the price aspect.

The price is not the main factor to draw comparison between these two  great coins, as a matter of fact both have different use cases. Bitcoin is store of value and considered Digital Gold by vast majority, that is why it has won confidence of crypto lovers and Ranked as #1 on cryptomarketcap while  Ethereum is the first platform created to use it to not only for creating  smart contracts but also Apps, Dapps NFTs, and many many more things. The truth is that 90% Alts were created on Ethereum network that is why its popularity is growing with every coming day which is also reflected on its price increase.

Ethereum can never be a rival to Bitcoin. Ethereum is the 2nd ranked coin in the world. Ether based world almost maximum crypto project. Maximum projects are ether based in this time.  But Bitcoin is the father of the crypto world. There is no comparison with it. Its price variation causes all Alt price variation.

Bitcoins marketcap is literally just 2x of ethereums and nothing more. It was so much more, the difference was insane. When all of this started bitcoin was at around 9k or so on early 2020 and ethereum was around 150 dollars or so, bitcoin went about 11x or so, while ethereum went x25+ higher than what it was. This is why it is obvious that ethereum got super high and got super close to bitcoin.

I have to say that it is not easy to go up anymore because it requires a lot more money spent in the ethereum ecosystem and aside from few swaps like uniswap and few games like axie, there are not that much left that can make ethereum too much money. I am not saying that they are bad or not enough, all I am saying is that there is a bit more need to grow it, like get few more games, few more swaps, find anything basically that would get tens of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands of people behind it.

I agree to be able to compete even to beat Bitcoin is almost impossible,
Bitcoin I think will remain the king of cryptocurrencies,
so better don't expect Ethereum to compete with Bitcoin because it's just a waste of time

I actually think that these two coins serve completely different purposes altogether, it's as simple as that.

I think that even Vitalik mentioned this previously. Bitcoin is a store of value while ETH can be seen as more of a place where smart contracts etc. can happen.

It's like comparing apples and oranges. Not worthwhile whatsoever. But market cap wise I certainly do not see ETH overtaking BTC any time soon.

I don't think it's just about comparing Ethereum to Bitcoin. The question is whether Ethereum has the potential for its market cap to be higher than that of Bitcoin. Ethereum is still very undervalued in my opinion. Over time, people will understand that Ethereum is much more practical and can be used in everyday life (smart contracts). So I think sooner or later the Ethereum market cap will be higher than Bitcoin.

I don't think ETH needs to have the same price as BTC. While BTC is a store of value for many, ETH is very different. And its use is more universal. Websites, games, NFT and more.

even if it's the same type, I think the comparison of ethereum and bitcoin is still very far. I don't think ethereum deserves to be said to be a bitcoin rival. That's because if you pay attention, most of the price of ethereum also moves with the price of bitcoin. well, it's the same as relying on bitcoin. if ethereum is a rival to bitcoin, ethereum has always had more price and volume than bitcoin.
although nowadays people say that ethereum is the king of altcoins, but i don't think it can be said to be a rival to bitcoin.

Well, even if you were to ignore the fact that ETH is at the second highest market volume in crypto, the developers of Ethereum still have not been able to satisfy the need to lower gas fees and make Ethereum more scalable. They keep saying its being implemented slowly, but they should have been able to do something by now. The fees are outragous and this makes their blockchain completely unusable. We already have better alternatives. In my view, ETH is dying out. :-\

I think ethereum is a rival for now. But we can't measure it based on price. But we can measure it by its usefulness, popularity, and community. Bitcoin at any time will not be intersded by any coin. However, when it comes to the usefulness of bitcoin there are still many weaknesses. Well, here ethereum will replace bitcoin in terms of its usefulness.

For now the price of ethereum and bitcoin is very far in value although for now both coins are at the top of all coins, but you have to see the popularity of ethreum increasing and for the next few years we will see the price of ethereum will approach bitcoin and this will not be impossible because every year many coins are always increasing.

every coin stand not as a rival, they just stand with their power. my opinion, people have their luck or good hand in some coin. sometime they just luck, and sometime they do because they sure about the decision. in this side will take big profit from bitcoin, and the other take big profit from ethereum. people make own direction, which the best coin to make big profit, they spend much money with little profit from bitcoin or they spend little money for big profit from ethereum. they just own way, different way.

Ethereum will certainly never be able to compete with Bitcoin. I've forgotten about ethereum and switched to BNB, MATIC or something else, no user likes expensive transaction fees, and for swaps on the ethereum platform it is only suitable for those who want to swap for $1000 or more because swap fees are more than $200.

bitcoin is the number 1 strongest cryptocurrency in the market, Bitcoin is like digital gold that will always dominate the crypto market, then the popularity of Ethereum is also still far behind compared to the popularity of Bitcoin, I say that the king of coins is btc , ethereu is the parent of altcoins, even though ethreum is side by side with bitcoins.

every year many coins are always increasing because of the supply or is it a new coin ? ethereum usage is indeed increasing but the exorbitant costs have cost ethereum to lose several mega projects who switch to another chain ! bitcoin will remain a role model for all altcoins because their are alternative coin  :D

Even if Ethereum surpasses Bitcoin in terms of capitalization, they can hardly be called rivals, because they are not competing products. As for the price, it is a temporary and variable factor.

Yes, that's right, there are too many functions for the creation of bitcoin for the community. Apart from being a store of value, bitcoin can also make it easier for someone to make transactions, as well as ethereum and other potentially cryptocurrencies. I agree as you said that ethereum was never created to compete with bitcoin. this is very interesting i think

yes, what you say is very true. If you see that many crypto users and enthusiasts have migrated to other chains, such as Binance and Matic, this is also part of the threat to the Erc20 platform. but what makes me wonder is that ethereum is getting more and more threatened, so every year the price of ethereum always rises and even its movement exceeds that of binance

Something like so that everything is clear, you just have to do a test, when BTC rises in price all altcoins rise in price, and when BTC falls in price most fall to very low levels, this means that things for any altcoin In this case, ETH does not escape from this, it is simple, BTC is the only currency that has a life of its own, ETH may have many projects and a very large development network for projects, but people and the entire market is governed by the BTC behavior, and this is irreplaceable.

Totally ethereum and tokens based on ERC-20 of course the total marketcap has beaten bitcoin, even 1 ERC token, namely USDT has become the token with the largest transaction volume, ethereum even though gas costs are getting more expensive will always be a favorite because of the many giant projects that are actively using ERC.

You can't compare bitcoin to ethereum because they have different use case and the creator of those coins has a different reasons behind why they created those digital currency. In terms of value of course bitcoin is far from ethereum. The important is they are very useful in digital world despite of higher gas fees. Both bitcoin and ethereum is great coins and it will continue to increase it's value because of higher demand.

Ether (ETH) has become a more attractive investment asset than Bitcoin (BTC), and etherium is becoming popular with the increasing use of smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) and etherium being a big part of the NFT market. Although bitcoin's market capitalization is still larger and also seen as a safe haven asset I see the Ethereum coin as still seen as more attractive to be an investment option. However, to be able to rival the price of BTC in my opinion it takes a long time.

Both are very good cryptocurrencies, they are preferred by many people and hold for a long time. ETH is becoming more and more popular and growing. Its blockchain system is so good, it also helps to create online marketplaces and smart contracts. However, I think BTC still has the upper hand, it is always at the top, the value of most other cryptocurrencies is influenced by the value of Bitcoin.

I think without you saying that, surely everyone knows that ethereum is not a rival to bitcoin. you can see all the differences on coinmarketcap. all coins are under bitcoin, from the difference in price and volume. and in popularity, bitcoin is still the target of investors as a future investment. although ethereum is getting better to date, ethereum is not a rival to bitcoin which has become the king of all coins.

@op, I understand that it's been like months since this post was made, but I believe it's still relevant to ask if there was anyone comparing Ethereum to bitcoin which prompted you to make this post?

What I want to say is that, aside bitcoin and Ethereum being both crypto coins, they both have no path with each and shouldn't be compared, Infact, it is a big mistake to compare Ethereum to bitcoin, they don't belong to the same realm in crypto, compare Ethereum to binance smart chain, compare it to Solana, compare it to fusion protocol, compare it to polygon, compare it to avalanche, but never compare Ethereum to bitcoin because they are both in different world of crypto currencies.

You are right, But I wanna add something. Not only Ethereum, I can't see any single coin which one is comparable to Bitcoin. We can't compare any altcoin to Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a unique coin, And its value does not depend on any other coin. Rather the price of the whole altcoin increases or decreases depending on the Bitcoin. Bitcoin should be given the status of a standalone coin, while the global economic backbone is crumbling at the death touch of the covid, the boom in the Bitcoin market has given the motivation to foodless, workless people to survive, It is just unbeatable.

I actually think that it is entirely possible for ETH to flip bitcoin.

It's probably a matter of time as well given that most of the new money that is coming into the cryptospace is from ETH holders and not BTC - although we've seen a revival of BTC maxis such as Jack Dorsey.

ETH just encompassing a lot more ground compared to BTC, including smart contracts etc.

Cant deny that smart contracts is a big thing and does really have that big potential and come to think that all projects below bitcoin is trying out to be the best or lets say that they are really aiming for that
becoming rival of bitcoin which those top 2-10 would definitely be having that kind of aim and target which it wouldnt really be surprising that every project in the market do really
have that kind of target or goals and lets see on what would the future holds.

For sure there is no doubting Ethereum what they have achieved to date is truly extraordinary,
but indeed to be able to beat Bitcoin honestly is still difficult,
even so it does not rule out the possibility in the future it can happen

true, the movement of ethereum is still lagging behind the value of bitcoin even though these two flotfroms are very popular in the market, now btc is a decentralized coin including the number one coin in adopting the krypto market

what you say is correct, especially at this time ethereum is still in trouble with high costs and many are looking for alternatives to avoid those costs. it is clear that many are enjoying this moment like BNB with its binance which is sought after for its low price.

From the market capitalization it is clear that bitcoin had reached a peak of up to $1B even though it is now below it, but the closest to bitcoin is only ethereum and the difference is almost half and it may be difficult to match or even replace.

I agree with you, that it has been said and indeed it is the reality that is happening today. bitcoin is still the backbone of crypto and is still highly sought after as a very attractive investment because of the advantages it has compared to other coins.

I think ethereum is still improving itself while the high costs are still attached to it, there is no other way if there are not many who are eyeing the position which at the moment is clearly very much and could happen with changes that continue to improve. Even so, ethereum obviously won't stand still.

i dont know why people still compare between one and the other coin, we know if each coin have positive thing. trader and investor never make argument about why this coin like this, or those coin like that, the important thing is where they can gain much profit.
funny thing, bitcoin is bitcoin, ethereum is altcoin, and also for the other coin is altcoin.

Ethereum and bitcoin are the two major coins that are well known by people in the crypto space. Comparing the two seem irrelevant since both are delivering their purpose of creation. Bitcoin and ethereum have their efficacy in the crypto space. Is through bitcoin other altcoin is mined while ethereum s widely used in transacting altcoin to another. The more each one is being demanded the more its value is appreciated. Bitcoin will keep on to be the most valuable coin ever in crypto space