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I was wondering, why (or why not) do you think that Bitcoin is better than Ethereum?

Ethereum seems to provide everything that Bitcoin offers but it has a huge advantage: smart contracts.
Smart contracts are small "programs" that live on the blockchain, so you can use them to build actual services and applications, while Bitcoin is useful only as a digital currency.

So why do you prefer Bitcoin if Ethereum seems superior?
Or maybe I'm missing something that makes Bitcoin actually better than Ethereum in some way?

The founder of bitcoin is anonymous and bitcoin is fully decentralized unlike ethereum. Bitcoin total supply is still 21 million, ethereum supply is manipulated now as some other are burnt in transaction fee. If you need a totally decentralized currency that is not controlled directly by certain people, bitcoin is what to go for, this is what ethereum can not achieve as it is still controlled by some set of people.

Why? At the moment Bitcoin has 15.000 nodes deployed around the globe (source: https://bitnodes.io/) while Ethereum has 6.000 nodes (source: https://www.ethernodes.org/) so this makes them both fully decentralized.

I'm glad there's a person who came well-intentionally and asked this excellent question. I hope the responses you'll get, will satisfy you. To me, it's a matter of opinions of what's better.

You see, newcomers look on a cryptocurrency that way and try to define its value superficially. Does it have these “smart contracts”? Is it better in terms of utility? Could this new feature it has make the difference?

However, they don't ask themselves what's the monetary policy of each cryptocurrency and to be honest, that's the only thing I judge when I evaluate a currency. Even if in “terms of utility” it's better than any other, what to do with it if an entity owns the majority of the coins? Or, what to do if this very entity can have a huge impact on the community or the market?

It's pretty clear that I'm taking part in a highly hierarchical system this way, which I'm strongly disagreed with. And this is what gives Bitcoin its value; the fact that it has the greatest monetary policy, humanity has ever witnessed.

I choose not to compare them in any way other than their monetary policy. Either way, they are two different innovations providing different solutions for different problems. The only common thing they share is that they're both currencies. They can must co-exist.

Well, why not have both of them if you think that any of those are superior and you see the other is also superior in the sight of the other investors. But honestly, it's because being the first in the market is very important and bitcoin is like the gold of the crypto market. I think I've seen the same discussion years ago that people are getting into bitcoin because it's stable, not the value but bitcoin itself is a stable asset that you'll be sure to have it someday if you hold it. While in Ethereum, it's quality is good as it is but this time, it's fee is one of the discouragement that we have which has been said for bitcoin bitcoin.

I do not really look at them in that sense, whether one is superior to the other even though that argument might be there. In terms of investment, since both of them have been doing well overall, I believe that they are both superior coins in the space. This discussion will continue but in the end, it all depends on whether the ROI on both coins is attained by investors.

Gas fee has been one of the tackling issues of Ethereum and it's founder isn't anonymous making it easier to manipulate the total distribution and market capitalization. Bitcoin founder till date is anonymous and even though it is currently used basically as a digital currency as everything done With Bitcoin revolves around transactions it's more safer and cheaper to transact with compared to Ethereum

Both bitcoin and ethereum are superior to the other coins and it is like a king and queen in the crypto market. I do not compare bitcoin and ethereum because I think bitcoin and ethereum will have different paths. Ethereum can provide smart contracts, which you think gives a huge advantage, but bitcoin is superior. Besides that, ethereum has a gas fee problem that is not solved yet and still needs more time.

I prefer bitcoin but I also like ethereum because both bitcoin and ethereum give me profit. I do not yet expect smart contracts can be applied to real life so soon because that depends on many things such as government regulations.

You don't need a microscope to view it or microscoped the difference between bitcoin and ethereum, because from the upset bitcoin is like father of all cryptocurrencies seconded by ethereum from the introduction, since 2009 is when bitcoin was created and it has been valuable till date and i believe that remember valuable till the day it will scrab out, comparing bitcoin and ethereum, the difference or margin is very far, the price of bitcoin at this point is not stagnant but you can't use it relate or compare to the price of ethereum. The firm of cryptocurrency generally is because of bitcoin, so in summary bitcoin is highly potential than ethereum.

Ethereum's development is completely centralized, a few people basically fully control its course. In Bitcoin there is a broad community of developers, so no single individual or a handful of people can hijack it.

Ethereum's blockchain is so bloated that few home users can afford to run an actual full node, so even if Ethereum people try to claim that they have a lot of nodes, in reality Ethereum is already being run only on a small numbers of large farms. Bitcoin full nodes on the other hand can easily be hosted on old PCs and laptops, which a lot of people actually do.

With Proof of Stake Ethereum will get even more centralized, as whales will become a major factor on the network.


Except you really can't make almost anything useful with them. All what Ethereum has achieved is becoming a fertile soil for countless scams like ICO and NFT. I remember in 2016 Ethereum was promising to bring automatization, allowing things like automatically paying for your electricity bills via smart contracts, but none of that became a reality. Instead we got things like DeFi and NFT, which have zero use in real world. Ethereum is a solution in search of a problem. Bitcoin is a solution to existing problem - trust in third parties when you deal with payment networks.

The only reason why Ethereum is so expensive is because the people behind it invest a ton of money into marketing and spreading the myths about how useful and revolutionary it is.

I do agree at some point, the design of Ethereum is better that Bitcoin.

But what separates Bitcoin to the rest of the crypto's? I think it's more of it being the prime mover in the space, although you can also argue that Ethereum is also one of the first altcoin and now the top one.

However, Bitcoin remains so dominant that it's name became synonymous to crypto. An for noobs, they prefer Bitcoin first because that's what they hear on the internet.

And that's why we have this "Bitcoin maximalist" too.  :)

because bitcoin was born before ethereum and trust in bitcoin is certainly higher because it is the first coin in cryptocurrency. For example, if there is a first brand that has been released, many people think that they will be more satisfied if they use that brand, even though there are actually many other new brands whose quality is not inferior.

Saw some influencers actually believe ETH will outrank BTC because of the smart contract advantage and then the future which is the metaverse too. Raoul Pal is also one of these influencers who did believe the same thing. They are spreading this information for months now, one would think they purposely want people to sell their BTC for ETH.

	|	BTC	|	ETH
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Immutable	|	Y	|	N
Limited_supply	|	Y	|	N
No_premine	|	Y	|	N
No_ICO	|	Y	|	N
Fair_distribution	|	Y	|	N
Secure_protocol	|	Y	|	N
Useful_in_real_world	|	Y	|	N
Cheap_fee	|	Y	|	N
Easy_to_use	|	Y	|	N
Easy_to_run_full_node	|	Y	|	N
Scaleable	|	Y	|	N

Well you are just parroting back something you've read. Why do you think ETH smart contracts are providing advantage? Have you ever used a ETH smart contract in real world or seen any that solves any problem in real world? Better said have you even seen a single ETH smart contract used for anything other than fundraising? The answer is always no. So you see not only they don't have any advantage but also they are useless.

Now ask the same questions about bitcoin. Bitcoin as a currency with smart contracts is used every day to solve real world issues and transactions are not just for some hyped up fund raising that dies shortly after creation.

Define your parameters for rating Cryptocurrency generally then we can compare in fair term which is better. Personally I don't think Bitcoin and Ethereum are in the same class so there is no fair basis to rate them.
You can compare ETH and BSC, and things like that. Bitcoin is in the world of it's own that's why we have Bitcoin and Altcoins.
Anyone can claim one is better than the other but since we don't have a Global Cryptocurrency Organisation, the debate will always go on with the opposing sides not coming to an agreement.

It's probably a reason that Ethereum has continued marching up in price over the last few years while Bitcoin seems to be stalling at a certain point. The fact that there is a lot more Ethereum in circulation than Bitcoin is also a huge bonus in comparison, because it makes people feel like they actually possess more (even if it's only psychological). However you could compare it to many things, the Blockchain and Bitcoin were groundbreaking technology, however there is always room for things to be improved. Just like the world went from line land only phones, to rugged Nokia like phones to the very latest iteration of smart phones. Improvements come incrementally and it's naive for anyone to think that Bitcoin will only ever be the best.

no matter how complete you say about ethereum, the fact is that ethereum always moves based on the movement of bitcoin. if the price of bitcoin dumps, 95% of the price of ethereum will drop too. as well as other altcoins.
other than that, bitcoin is very purely decentralized, which is why so many people use and prioritize it over other coins. even you see that people always talk about bitcoin, it's because bitcoin can't be stopped. bitcoin also has a very large commission, you can see from the current volume. well, when it comes to bitcoin, it has many advantages over ethereum.

They are not dependent to each other. They are both open source but they working in different way. Ethereum is the upgraded version of Bitcoin because of there cutting edge invention of smart contract to implement on the original idea of blockchain to Bitcoin. Both project right now is developing independently without the need to incorporate each other idea.

Maybe you are talking to the price alone. Most of the cryptocurrency price is always dependent to Bitcoin because of the current volatility.

Bitcoin is designed and engineered by independent open source demographics, who aren't affiliated with special interests.

Ethereum has partnerships with big players like JP morgan and microsoft and is subject to conflicts of interest as a result.

I believe that BTC is better than Ethereum as it is the first cryptocurrency to be launched. Altcoins, in this case Ethereum, have been developed to rapidly increase the price of BTC and create its value. but from Ethereum all other altcoins and blockchain systems went, well, almost everything. It turns out that Ethereum is the power source for BTC. You probably already know that very often and regularly there is a transfusion of funds from altcoins to BTC and vice versa. This just shows that all cryptocurrencies are created to promote the growth of the price of BTC. Due to the emergence and development of cryptocurrencies and tokens, money is being withdrawn from people, and this money eventually flows into BTC, raising its price and creating even more value for it.

They're both good and very optimistic, infact the most trusted crypto in the market ever since before even though there are some issues and some factors that can really drag their prices down especially when it comes news, and probably that's because of some of the competitors in the space as well, but look what happens after all..ethereum and bitcoin still at the top so in my personal opinion no need to make comparison because obviously they're bot trusted and can guarantee good future wherein unlike other crypto in the market that still want to drag bitcoin and ethereum but still no proof how they can beat it up to now.  Lol

For me bitcoin is far superior than any other cryptocurrency. Ethereum is a good cryptocurrency too but bitcoin has the belief from most of the people in the crypto market.
Bitcoin being fully decentralized is trusted by most of the people while Ethereum is less decentralized than bitcoin.
Ethereum also has high gas fees issues which makes bitcoin the better option to make transactions.

Bitcoin in some cases serve better than Ethereum because the fluctuations in the price of bitcoin governs the price of other altcoins because bitcoin is the master coin.

Bitcoin is no: 1 famous digital token amd etherium is second famous digital token. Bitcoin and etherium are same in many ways, both are digital coin and they are available to trade in many online exchanges. Bitcoin is introduced in 2009 and etherium is introduced in 2015. BTC market supply is 921.15 Bn USDT and etherium market supply is 480.59 Bn USDT. Both are good coins.

Btc and ethereum is a leading coin in crypto, btc rank number one in any price tracking platform and if we are going to compare the records we can particularly point the difference between the ethereum and the btc. I believe that ethereum cannot really surpass or reach the bitcoin level, bitcoin is very big enough and no other coin can beat it even ethereum.

If so you must have forgotten that bitcoin is the most profitable investment option in the last 10 years. Have you heard of Elon Musk buying thousands of Ethereum before? or did you ever get Saylor also buy Ethereum? If I'm not mistaken then they both never did that ^{[or I missed something]} so bitcoin is not only useful as a digital currency.

OP, you should read a lot about the innovations that exist in bitcoin so you don't misjudge something for compared to which is better and compare the transaction costs of the two here. Bitcoin transaction fees (https://blockchair.com/bitcoin) and ethereum transaction fees (https://blockchair.com/ethereum)

Quite simple, they do different things so they really aren't comparable at the moment. If Ethereum ever becomes a store of value, then we can talk (it is going to be deflationary soon so maybe), and if Bitcoin can ever have smart contract capabilities like Ethereum then we can see then too. Until then, it is a moo point as Joey would say.

Bitcoin and Ethereum have different advantages and have different values and prices. Both are top 1 and top 2 cryptocurrencies till now and bitcoin is still at the forefront, growing in popularity and rising in price rapidly.

Never that this cross my mind lol, Ethereum will never be best than Bitcoin.

smart contracts but the thing here is will ethereum make it far from what Bitcoin already achieved ? because if does then sure this has already take over the bitcoin rank.
the word you use is Superior , where did you get this? are you being paid by Ethereum team to promote like this?

Comparing Ethereum and Bitcoin is something that only the maximalist do on both sides. Bitcoiners call it a scam because it took away a lot of focus away from the ethos of cryptocurrency and made everything about "smart-contracts". The "smart-contract" thing took off because a lot of smart people found that they could raise obscene amounts of money with zero oversight and zero responsibility. This encouraged scammers and builders alike to hop on the bandwagon and that snowballing effect continues to date with DeFi and NFTs.

They are now essentially two very different entities. There is no use comparing the two. Whenever the regulators the world over come to a consensus about ICOs, a lot of these ETH-based businesses will have a reckoning. It is a huge risk for anybody invested and that risk can pay off well or just make them broke. Whoever is willing to take the risk should be ready for both scenarios, no matter what the influencers say.

The same doesn't hold true for Bitcoin. There are enough institutions holding it as well as community that it will continue to have value as the only true, independent money that humanity has ever seen. Ethereum cannot hold a candle to Bitcoin in this department. Both in terms of ethos as well as sheer resilience.

To OP, I would only say this, if you really want to choose between two and become a maximalist, choose Bitcoin. Only Bitcoin maximalism makes sense because it has ethos. Ethereum maximalism is stupid because it is just another product made by centralized coporations. Bitcoin is an embodiment of ideas like freedom, courage, censorship-resistance and equality. Ethereum and others are centralized projects that can end up making you rich if you can make a timed exit or they take off.

The answer to this question depends on the purpose. Bitcoin is better than Ethereum as a medium of exchange. Clearly, Ethereum is currently handling transactions way worse than Bitcoin, and the fees are very high. Bitcoin also gained more interest as a form of money by companies around the world than Ethereum did. As for Ethereum, it's a superior platform upon which many other projects can be built. I'd also agree with some others who pointed out the creator of Bitcoin remaining unknown and not affecting its development as a plus.

I used to split my portfolio into Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now I am only really keeping most of it in Bitcoin after the recent dip.

Bitcoin and Ethereum are very different crypto asset.
Bitcoin is here to replace the money market, while ethereum is more of an OS for blockchain apps to build on.

Investment wise, I believe there are plenty of alts to look at, there's gamefi/web 3.0/metaverse/defi/L1/L2 tokens everywhere that you can make good returns.

But look at Ethereum (which is supposed to be the better alt), Vitalik pretty much still lead the entire ecosystem forward, fee burn, changing POW to POS.
And look at solana CEO saying it doesn't matter if the blockchain is down again.
Another problem I have with Ethereum is that it doesn't really cost much to kickstart a project, and their potential gain is massive since they are the token issuer.
imo this type of investment is just not for me.

I escape into crypto because I thought crypto can be a way to escape from the reckless policies from central banks, decentralization, DAO etc.

When you look at bitcoin, the hard limit wouldn't ever change, small but important changes with more happening on lightning network etc.
Bitcoin isn't going to break, it is going to transfer bitcoin safely and securely and will only get better, and it doesn't go down.

I feel like bitcoin is just the safest play right now in terms of crypto, everyone underestimate the potential of a new asset class and the strongest one at that

There are different things that we can compare and make different conclusion which one is better. Personally I prefer Ethereum to Bitcoin, as I use different defi-projects. Nevertheless, if the consider as currencies, Bitcoin is much more winning. First of all, it is more decentralised and secure. Secondly, it doesn't have such an influencer like Ethereum has in the face of Vitalik Buterin.

I think the popularity of Bitcoin is the reason why this happens because Ethereum just come along many years after , that is the point why Bitcoin is the most used and trusted mate.
Yes it is also, the difference and advantage is what these 2 coin become differ to each other.


I hate to be choosy but i will find Bitcoin still than Ethereum.

The way Bitcoin is advancing will soon take over the world one day.  Ethereum is not moving forward as it is. I think Bircoin is in the front row, leaving everything behind, why not have both of them if you think that one of them is superior and you can see that the other is superior in the eyes of other investors.  But to be honest, being the first in the market is very important and Bitcoin is more expensive than the gold in the crypto market.  I think I saw the same discussion a few years ago that people are entering Bitcoin because it is stable, not standard but Bitcoin itself is a stable asset that you can guarantee if you hold on to it.  While in Ethereum, its quality is as good as before but this time, its fee is a discouragement that we have been told for Bitcoin Bitcoin, Bitcoin is not an alternative.

already explained by friends on above ,honestly having both is better without to have a war between coin ! bitcoin becomes an important role for the price of all altcoins because every investor will definitely start with bitcoin and then switch to altcoins ! times are progressing and there are already several markets that go pair from fiat to altcoin but not still enough to beat bitcoin because the supply is fixed ,while ethereum is not known and will continue to be produced until the Day of doomsday ! ^{Rare products will be more valuable than non rare one}

Smart contracts can be implemented into the Bitcoin Core blockchain,but I don't see any point in such move.
If smart contracts were so cool and revolutionary,then why isn't Ethereum the number 1 cryptocurrency in the world,dominating the crypto markets and beating Bitcoin in terms of usage,trading volume,price,adoption?
I'm not trying to criticize smart contracts,but they aren't so revolutionary and groundbreaking.
There is only a handful of successful smart contract projects,and most of them aren't that popular.
Smart contracts stopped being a buzzword in the ETH blockchain a few years ago.Currently,the NFTs are the new "cool thing" which was created on top of the Ethereum blockchain. ;D

It's totally clear to the blind and audible to the deaf that without bitcoin existence other coin won't have come in existence, so with the fact, is making bitcoin to have domination over other coins, if properly observe well you will notice that if bitcoin price stabilize or decreases, it really affect any other coin, the acceleration of bitcoin triggers the increment of altcoins, so therefore i agree with you because is very obvious that bitcoin is the Masters of all cryptocurrencies, from my perspective.

In my opinion, there's no reason to compare these 2 in the first place. Let us accept the fact that bitcoin has its top position in the crypto market and it is the reason why all the other alts have been created and developed like eth. With the creation of eth network, it provides different services that bitcoin can't offer to crypto users. And that we are grateful for their coming to existence. Smart contracts are now heavily used in a lot of applications. But still, people can't ignore the bitcoin dominance in the market. It is like the go-to of even newcomers. And the rest follows.

I don't have deep analysis but what i know is Ethereum is same with other altcoins, it launched when bitcoin is already core of cryptocurrency and with only that already made me believe there are no altcoin yet until now which can replace bitcoin. Because it already be core although maybe there are altcoin that will have price more than 1BTC in market.

There's totally a reason why ethereum is classied as alternative coins (altcoins) from it's word you can already know what's there to know and why bitcoin is the main coin of all-time. Yes both of them are decentralized but only bitcoin isn't affected by any manipulative schemes of a group of people that's why bitcoin has the total liberty to process transactions without a hitch.
While etheruem, is still decentralize but there's some reasons behind the prices now. Many whales are manipulating it, doing some pump and dump, and also ethereum's gas fee is much more expensive and crazy.

you are right about that, Bitcoin will not be replaced even though there are many competing altcoins and are more expensive than Bitcoin. But not about the price, but about the technology and development of bitcoin. Bitcoin becomes the Core Of The Core, becomes the king of Coins that will affect everything. Ethereum is number 2 after bitcoin, but ethereum is still below bitcoin.
Bitcoin is increasingly known and talked about around the world.

I actually thinks that both have value to them (ETH as the next step in crypto developement, and BTC as a store of value), but we need not think of them as this or that. There is room for both of them to co exist as options for diferent kinds of investments.

In terms of usefulness you can't really compare the two.  Ethereum is lightyears ahead in that category.  The hope is that the Lightning network paired with the Liquid Network will provide developers with the opportunity to play catch up and build similar things without the drawbacks.  It will probably take many years but I think the longterm hope is for the ideas established and use cases created using chains like Ethereum are eventually ported into Bitcoin development without the plague of high fees.  The metaverse is the obvious future, and it is clear now that it won't be built on Bitcoin's base layer.  The question is how Bitcoin can be involved.

the main reason why I prefer bitcoin over ethereum is because the number of bitcoins is limited

and there are only 21 million bitcoins that will be in circulation whereas ethereum has an unlimited number and you can make shittokens using ethereum smart contracts

bitcoin will not be surpassed by ethereum or any altcoins

same thought. i dont know but i have opinion like, people still take a profit from developing something, and i think they have it.
and i know, if the second and the other coin will improve, more and more great than the first, but people still remember how first work. i believe that bitcoin is better than other coin, but i never compare between each other. as a crypto member, i will take who the best to do what i do.

Oh dear. Can you name at least one usefulness for ethereum that is not betting on price (gambling) or fund raising (ripping people off)?

Catch up to what exactly? More complex smart contracts? Bitcoin as a currency doesn't need more complex smart contracts, what it has is enough. If we wanted that we can create decentralized side-chains not Liquid Network which is fully centralized.

It would take an instant as soon as an actual use case were found. So far there are none.

Both of token are most valuable in the market. Really i don't compare BTC and ETH.They already have proved their development coz bitcoin and ETH most popular coin.Both of top in coin market cap. Both coin price huge increase in This is. I Think the coin price will be more increase in future.I love both coin.

Realistically half and half but if I had to choose I would definitely choose ETH. In the media term the gains are practically guaranteed to be better. Once we start talking about extended long term.

According to some sources why bitcoin is superior to eth is because
1. Bitcoin is considered to be the first crypto asset that gave way to crypto asset trading so that it can be widely accepted in the investment world, so many investors already have full trust in bitcoin without needing to be convinced.
2. There is only a supply of 21 million bitcoins worldwide and it is impossible to add back, while Ethereum has an unlimited number of coins and continues to produce new coins every 14 seconds.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Bitcoin should not be superior because it was the first that was created that make the creation of altcoins possible, but you second reason is very correct, it has limited supply unlike ethereum that has been manipulated with supply. But not only that, if you read what has been posted already, you will know that ethereum is not decentralized like bitcoin. For superiority, I will go for bitcoin rather than believing manipulation by the ethereum developers.

1. Bitcoin is the first and so far the only truly decentralized digital currency working according to certain consensus rules that are enforced and verified by bitcoin full nodes run by people unwilling to trust blindly other participants or financial intermediaries. You don't necessarily need to "trust" bitcoin to invest in it. What you need is to make sure that you actually agree with the rules by which the network operates, and to run your personal node to protect your investment more effectively from external and internal attacks. Investors trust bitcoin not because someone has convinced them it is a good asset but because they can verify every aspect of bitcoin to convince themselves it works.
2. If ethereum developers reduced the supply to 21 million or even less and made it a fixed number, would you change your mind? Probably not, because such an occasion would only prove the fact that Ethereum is an extremely centralized project in which there is a powerful team of developers capable of managing the monetary policy at arbitrary will.

Ethereum gas fee is outrageous. It's just a matter of time her usefulness will be irrelevant to crypto space. Some altcoins can now offer and do exactly what it does, fast and better with fewer gas fees.
Bitcoin is the king of all crypto, it is through her that others were formed. It leads the way while others follow. The crypto market is bearish today because bitcoin is down in price. What comes to people minds first when mention digital currency is bitcoin not ethereum

Two cryptocurrencies, which I do not have in my investment portfolio, because of the cost of bitcoin, although I think it is necessary to buy it, and I abandoned Ethereum and do not use it in principle because of the commissions on the network.But still, if we compare these two cryptocurrencies, then I think bitcoin is in a winning situation, because after the upgrade to ETH 2.0, ethereum will become centralized, but bitcoin will always be decentralized.

Doubting bitcoin is, of course, doubting all altcoins. Because Altcoins will not be perfect without Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the role model for all altcoins. Ethereum to date has had many successful projects born out of ethereum. This success keeps Ethereum at number 2 as the best altcoin and is followed by several altcoins that have good potential such as BNB and other altcoins.
Priority investment is bitcoin, another alternative can choose altcoins as a complement to your portfolio.

Cryptocurrency mining requires huge energy costs. Any real estate agent knows that the price of a property is largely determined by its location. In the crypto space, energy consumption has become such a key criterion, given that the world is facing the problem of climate change, not to mention fluctuations in electricity prices themselves.
Energy consumption of bitcoin reaches 707 kW, while for ether this figure is 62.56 kW. Advanced processors power complex algorithms on the bitcoin blockchain. Ethereum 2.0 requires much less electricity, making Ether a greener cryptocurrency.
In addition, Ethereum is based on a proof of stake (PoS) model that allocates mining power based on the size of the miner's stake. Bitcoin is based on a proof of work (PoW) model and requires huge amounts of electricity to maintain processing power.

This can be a long debate as people may present a lot of things which would seem that ethereum  a better crypto currency than bitcoin but it is not. If you need a proper decentralized currency, then there is no better than bitcoin. But if you are more interested in things like NFT, Defi, etc then you may consider ethereum a better choice.

Yes Bitcoin does only one thing, and that one thing, it does it really perfectly. When you talk about security, Bitcoin is said to be the most secure cryptocurrency and blockchain that we have today. Yes ethereum is good, and I’m even tired of all these comparisons that I’m seeing almost every day. It doesn’t matter which one has the highest market cap or dominance, they’re both doing really well in the market, so if you feel like investing in Ethereum you should go ahead and invest in it, because we all know for sure that ethereum is going to increase in value over the years, and that is also the same thing with Bitcoin.

So, there is no need for all these comparisons, even if we should all agree here that ethereum is better, that doesn’t change anything, Bitcoin will still retain its position as the number one in the market.

For those that have been around for a while I'm amazed at some of the replies I'm seeing here.  Bitcoin and Ethereum are two entirely different types of cryptocurrency.  Bitcoin was made as a payment system and has become a great store of value ( bit volatile but so are most stores of value plus it's still maturing ).  Ethereum is all about smart contracts which have all sorts of different uses.

To me I think the same thing when I see "bitcoin or gold"..why not buy both? They are different assets.

I would say that the confidence on Bitcoin. Being the mother of crypto currencies, all other currencies follow its growth and the number of investors are more on Bitcoin as everyone is sure about its growth. Yes ETH is one of the best coins to believe in, however, its Bitcoin who gets more trust. Now a days, its the media on the other hand supporting Bitcoin's growth directly or indirectly.

May people says Bitcoin is far more centralized than Eth, yeah I can agree with it but Eth has more usecase than bitcoin look at smart contract for example its one of the most dominant advantage of Eth, look at how far eth build dapps to makes our life more easier, defi, nfts, P2E all started from eth. But for me no need to compare each other btc is the king and it cant replace by any crypto. 

Yep, until now the uniqueness of bitcoin as the beginning of the blockchain industry can not be replaced by other cryptos. Therefore the price of bitcoin is so expensive almost 10 times the price of ETH. In addition Bitcoin is the role model for price movements of all cryptocurrencies. They have an unbroken connection. So I believe that the two coins above are the trader's favorite asset to try to collect more.

Bitcoin for store of value and Polygon Matic for cleaning up the Ethereum mess. Todays stand.

Ethereum is on what roadmap paint stadium? And difficulty bombs? Grow up.

Bitcoin will always be the king of crypto so it simply means that its the superior that will always dominate in the market. And i do believe it since bitcoin always takes the lead and when bitcoin creates new achievement, it will definitely leave a huge positive impact on ethereum and with the rest of good altcoins. However, bitcoin and ethereum have different functions in the crypto space. Bitcoin serves as a good store of value while ethereum has smart contracts that is very in demand with different projects we have right now. Although their prices vary much, but they have both advantages that we are benefiting now and that makes them both having high potentials to survive in the market for long.

I still don't get the Idea why people keeps on comparing Bitcoin against Ethereum when the truth is both currencies has their own ways of helping people.
so i know i cannot choose anything  on them because i Hold both of them.
But of course it is Bitcoin that i will prefer if needed to choose one.

Maybe because they are the top 1 and 2 in the market that's why people keep comparing about it, but if we look closely we cannot really compare this two coins since we all know that bitcoin is hard to be take over by any alts even if its ethereum. But what the best thing here is maybe we should stop comparing it but instead buy both of them and earn with it.

i will answer with my version, why bitcoin is more popular than ethereum? because bitcoin is the first, many people more know bitcoin than ethereum, so the price and the popularity are high. i have an analogy, do you know neil amstrong? why he is so popular? because he is the first person that arrive in moon, and do you know  Buzz Aldrin? i think you dont. if you google that name, you will realize that  Buzz Aldrin are an astrounout that arrive in the moon after neil amstrong.

Neither I, I don't think it is good to compare the two top coins in cryptocurrency because both are already known for their valuable use and in helping people, the worth and the value of this token is different in terms of price but both are good for a long term investment. But as much as we don't want to make any comparison about the two top tokens we can't prevent other people to make their own analysis and comparison about Ethereum and Bitcoin, as long as we all knew the worth, the use cases of both crypto there is nothing to worry about other than the volatility of the crypto which is already a given characteristic.

I will choose both, but if you give me one choice, I will definitely choose bitcoin, because no one controls bitcoin, not even the government can control bitcoin, unlike ethereum there are definitely some people who control ethereum , so my choice remains on bitcoin..

That's why it continues to be discussed because these 2 coins have great dominance with the market situation, especially Bitcoin. I hold these 2 coins by assuming different functions because they have their own potential, Bitcoin is used for promising investments with highly decentralized coins due to limited supply. ethehrum with its smart contracts that make blockchain access better but doesn't look as sexy as an investment compared to bitcoin. in my opinion this is the factor that make Bitcoin and Etherum different

there are some similarities in bitcoin and ETH but the dissimilarity between ETH and BTC is so vast that holders prefer BTC as an option due to the circulating supply and transaction fees between the two
but for fans and those who have the capital to hold both is an advantage considering ETH has always been number 2 in the number of transactions and price increases after BTC

You forgot to mention that it's bitcoin that's first in the market so it has the edge for being chosen as a good long term hold. Holding both is really a good option if you can get to choose both of them. But if you're having a tight budget and you only have to choose one of them, it's best to have bitcoin. And when you have the extra money that you want to invest in ethereum then that's the second priority that you can make.

If I get you right you are saying that Bitcoin has value because there is not a single entity owning the majority of the coins. How do you derive that conclusion? What do you define as an entity? Could an entity be a sector as well, i.e. exchanges as one entity cooperating/colluding driving prices up and down? What about Tether's potential influence? Isn't that rather bad monetary policy than good monetary policy if the price can be affected by blockchain based money printing? I could imagine that the largest exchanges own a majority of the coins altogether. I could also imagine that they do meet up and have strategy talks.

I still see what you are saying here, but some question remain that could very well at least cast doubt to Bitcoin's capacity for sound monetary policy.

Bitcoin is a mother coin. I really don't want to compare Bitcoin with Ethereum. If you know the definition of decentralized then only Bitcoin is a truly decentralized cryptocurrency. The smart contract really isn't blessed for the cryptocurrency industry. There is a lot of useless token circulation on the market due to smart contracts. I am not a hater of smart contracts or Ethereum, but the only smart contract isn't enough to compete with Bitcoin. Ethereum is a semi-decentralized cryptocurrency, the team still manipulating markets and could modify the code at any time they want. Here is the Bitcoin is stronger. Also, there are many security issues and burning fees, where Bitcoin is better than Ethereum.

I guess, we have nothing to compare as to whether we like it or not, Bitcoin is still dominating the market, and that it measures which one is performing so well. And besides, they have different platforms that it provides their functions and market importance. But even it looks like that, whoever is more powerful or who is dominating the market, people were still investing both of them as it concerns who is on the top but for the profit gain. And gladly, they are good for investment either long-term or short-term.

^ I consider comparing between gold and silver which is gold is the BTC and silver is the ETH.
Both are expensive right at this moment but always gold has a great advantage, the same goes as the BTC, the betterment was always in favor of BTC than the ETH so why would I choose ETH than BTC, or the option is why would I choose which is better if I can afford to buy them all. They are both upon in holding in a long term and good assets that now leading on the market which is potential that give profit in most holders.

Bitcoin and ethereum are definitely both cryptocurrencies but they serve different functions. Bitcoin is more on a good store of value and is more capable to reach even higher value compared to ethereum. While on the other hand, ethereum is more usable because of its smart network advantage that most of the projects are benefiting. However, they are both profitable as an investment so even if we know the fact that bitcoin dominates the market, ethereum too is also on top of the whole altcoins and definitely next to bitcoin. Comparing them looks like useless because they both have high potentials to grow more in the future.

Exactly, and instead of people comparing them to who is best, why not invest them both if we are just about to invest in crypto. And instead of comparing them which is best and which is not, maybe we have to take a look deeper what these things can make changes in our life as they both have "different functions" that separates the two and will give us different results as well.

It is very usual that most investors will choose BTC over ETH, well, that is their take and I don't have to oppose that. The most important is we know that both of them have market potentials and have an important role in crypto.

Even in mine head lies that question for how many years, and never had the right answer why. Some says it was the first crypto currency, so it is better than eth. I never really did come to a point of choosing between the two, but if time brings me to it then I would choose eth, as there are so smart contracts that relies on it and it won't be easy to ignore.

As long as we can use both bitcoin and ethereum for our benefit, we will not compare both because both bitcoin and ethereum work well for us. Bitcoin and ethereum perform well for me and I still hold both coins for a short and long-term investment so I don't want to compare bitcoin and ethereum. People will also use bitcoin and ethereum to make more and more money and that is what we must do because bitcoin and ethereum will give us a big profit in the future.

Before determining bitcoin vs ethereum, you need to understand the two cryptocurrencies. The two cryptocurrencies have different motivations and goals. Ethereum has different goals that are different from bitcoin. If bitcoin is an investment, ethereum acts as a decentralized computing network for application development. So which one is better between bitcoin vs ethereum? You have to adjust to the investment period. In the next ten years, bitcoin will clearly be profitable. However, ethereum has also undergone many developments that are no less tantalizing.

If by "choosing" you mean putting 100% of your crypto portfolio into either BTC or ETH, then it would be the most foolish thing to do to put it into Ethereum.

Ethereum solves no problem by smart-contracts that cannot be solved otherwise. Its just that the open source ethos of development get a boost and people are thus building on it. Even then, all that it relies on is the ethos and community.

Every single solidity dev can scam you whenever he wants. There is literally NOTHING people will be able to do if they just decide to make this thing centralized and run it for their own profit. This is the reason that despite the promises, major companies have not gone full-time into Ethereum. This is also the reason that people are looking towards a multi-blockchain future when it comes to smart-contracts.

Bitcoin on the other hand solves an actual problem that nobody else has or ever will. It will exist as "money" even if everything else goes away. This is why, you may "choose" ETH if it excites you more but choosing it for your portfolio over BTC is plain ignorance.

indeed between bitcoin and ethereum are decent coins, both affect the movement of other coins, especially bitcoin. the daily volume of stable coins is bigger because in a situation like this more traders will keep their assets on stable coins, because they park their capital to wait for a good buy area. I think something like this will happen during bear season

No doubt both bitcoin and Ethereum are decentralized but the question is which of the two are more trustable. Bitcoin supply is fixed to 21 million which cannot be changed/altered. Ethereum supply is not limited. The Ethereum developer moves the eth from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. There is no such liberty in bitcoin and it will always remain in its original form.

I mean a sum of people who can easily affect the socio-economical outcome. For example, Vitalik Buterin on Ethereum.

I was not referring to exchanges, no. More like to those whose project is completely depended on them.

This is unrelated.

Ranking never lies and it do shows overall volume and liquidity which do show off mainly about community support which is in no doubt that bitcoin is the king of crypto but we cant really deny

that ETH do sit out on 2nd place which we can say that it is on overall altcoins this one is much more preferred which it isn't really a bad idea on dealing or investing with it .

I don't see much need of competition between the two yet community would really be making out investment or support on something which does have actual
real use case.

BTC and ETH have their own use case that people can enjoy.
They have totally different purposes, and remember BTC started it all.
ETH introduced the usage of smart contracts, which are very useful in a diverse field of businesses.
Why not be grateful that we have both platforms existing? We don't need to ask which one is superior over the other.

This is not about doubts, ethereum is not perfectly decentralized, there are many aspect of ethereum that is centralized, most altcoins too are centralized in many aspect, this is not about comparing it to fiat or other centralized asset or currency, but there are some things about ethereum that is centralized, the developers will be the ones to make decisions, conclude it and make it part of the ethereum upgrade.

We must admit that the reason is simple , Bitcoin is the most popular currency and for many of us this is the safest investment we can have so yes it is Bitcoin is better than Ethereum.
but there are many coins that can be compared with bitcoin but the thing is will those be gather support? that is the big problem that is why bitcoin remains on the top.

If we look at it from a technological point of view, ethereum is currently superior to bitcoin but if we look at the market capacity, the trading volume of bitcoin is larger than ethereum, which shows that although bitcoin is an obsolete coin, many people prefer to choose bitcoin as an investment over ethereum. because they realize that bitcoin is the only coin that is able to provide greater profits among other coins in the long and short term.

You are right, all of them are good and this shouldn’t be a matter of comparing all, rather we should learn to appreciate all that we have,. And moreover if Bitcoin wasn’t created, I think other developers wouldn’t even have it in mind of creating anything such as cryptocurrency.

Although I know that there are quite a few people who have attempted creating something like crypto currency in the past , but Bitcoin was what opened that door , and now we can see a lot of cryptocurrencies being released almost everyday. The main focus of Bitcoin is transaction, while other cryptocurrencies are trying to expand the features of blockchain.

Better go with both coins. The top most best coins to choose for long term. Bitcoin seems to be getting back from long correction and this is common before a spike. Eth will certainly follow it. Both coins have a huge trading volume in best exchanges. You can blindly choose both coins. Just invest 50:50 into each coin. ETH market is good as well. It always has a huge investors base and is in demand as like Bitcoin. So yes invest on both. Long term investment will bring you more profits than the short term. 

I think the reason why Bitcoin would always best out most of these other crypto currencies in the market is because that it is truly decentralized. Other cryptocurrencies that you are going to see are not fully decentralized, and in one way or the other they are being controlled by some people, although they would say that they are decentralized.

So that means that Bitcoin is the true decentralized cryptocurrency you would find, and I think that is enough to say that it is better than most other crypto currencies and even ethereum. Ethereum is good as well in the sense that it offers smart contracts, but it is lacking when it comes to what Bitcoin has to offer. With that said, all of them are good, it just depends on what you want.

^ Truly decentralized is very important and you are right.
I am a BTC user, but I prefer not to compare the two because I believe they are both superior and have separate paths to take. Except for bragging rights, it does not matter which is the better and bigger one. ETH is already more widely used and has a larger number of developers working on it. That is to be anticipated in a network with so many possibilities, after all. As ETH has gained more value, Bitcoin's overall market share has been declining in recent months. But then, the only thing they have in common is that they both use the same currency and make a profit.
On my own, we seem to compare gold and silver which is all are the same have a value.

I see bitcoin and Ethereum as serving somewhat different purposes: bitcoin is digital gold whereas Ethereum is a more flexible smart contract platform using a different consensus algorithm. I believe both are valuable for the ecosystem and will survive long term. I believe both should be core investments.

One advantage of Ethereum is that a holder can earn staking rewards just from delegating the ether. You can also earn rewards with bitcoin on lending programs, though.

Similar? where in the world that bitcoin and ethereum becomes similar? because they are both cryptocurrency?  ;D

This is the funniest post I ever read about bitcoin and ethereum comparison because never that i come to think that these 2 coins have similarities aside from being both crypto.

Then? what? aside from mentioning their capitalization what more can you say?

These two, (Bitcoin and Etherium )are the most common and best cyrptocurrencies you can invest. But in terms of good returns and more profitable, I would say BTC is better and most superior among all of those cryptocurrencies out there.It has also the ability to hold value even at the time of crisis and it is the most valuable currency on the market which is already widely accepted for payments.

For me, etherium is more likely use for a payment equal to fiat currency. And bitcoin is likely form of gold but it is digital.

 

I think Bitcoin is still the main thing. A decentralized currency that is not controlled by anyone while Ethereum seems to be controlled by a few people. Although Ethereum is predicted to have a higher performance than Bitcoin, it cannot completely beat Bitcoin's position or shift people's views from Bitcoin to Ethereum just like that. Whether BItcoin or EThereum is the choice of each person depending on what strategy will be used in the future, because choosing the right coin is important.

I don't see them being similar but if it's about being an investment, that could be it. About the latter, the older the asset is and they're more trustworthy. I agree in a sense that these are for those established cryptocurrencies, these two no doubt that they're established and old. But, there are also those old assets but they're no longer viable because they're too outdated ad there is no longer support from the community which has resulted them to be dry and forgotten by everyone and even its own market.

They both use the PoW protocol, so they have some similar features. But many people have said that there is some kind of centralization in ethereum. One other thing I like Ethereum for is that the system is innovative and gives room to changes that usher in new technology. But bitcoin is not dynamic, will be what is use to be, anyone that tries a hard fork will fault or tire the system.

I would say bitcoin is better than etherium because of its potential to hold value.Aside from that bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrencies around the world.And because of its popularity, more people used it for investment and trading..For me bitcoin is more than like gold and etherium , which is actually infrastructure for people to build apps .

The difference between bitcoin and ethereum is very clear for users to know the one that is more better in the community. Bitcoin has low gas fee that is attracting investors all over the world compare to ethereum that has high gas fee that is discouraging some investors to change to bitcoin investment base on the low fee in transaction. Bitcoin is still the king among cryptocurrencies which it will remain the king of cryptocurrencies because it has all the strategies and strong team that can maintain the position.

Based on what we saw during pandemic, show that bitcoin investment is more profitable than ethereum investment because when many coins were dumping during the pandemic that took over 1 year and some months that made bitcoin pump as never before in the exchange market.

Simple，effective

What is simple and effective? is this something to do with Bitcoin or Ethereum? which of them are the simple and which is the effective?

But yeah both of these coins are effective yet Simple.

You can also earn staking using bitcoin mate  but of course most of the exchange and platforms are accepting altcoins like ethereum .

Bitcoin will always be my choice no matter what, because i have a bad experience in Ethereum last year in early quarter in which the Gas fee climbs so high that almost same value of how much i wanted to withdraw  lol.

This is why i told myself not to fall from Ethereum withdrawal again.

I think it is more a matter of personal preference. Personally, I do prefer Bitcoin over Ethereum, because Bitcoin is by far the more popular of the two, even of Ethereum is the second most popular crypto. If any cryptocurrency has a chance to be legalized and to become a legal tender, that would be Bitcoin, in my opinion.

Yeah, I've read of that before that many have said that ETH is semi-centralized. While ETH is still on PoW, miners have been taking the chance and opportunity to keep mining it. Because when the PoW has been changed into PoS, they have to look for another coin that will be beneficial to their rig and do the same as what they've done to ethereum for mining. Talking about the forks, I think there's lesser interest in it for now. Since the first forks that have come, I've seen almost none of them become successful.

Moving good relationship? are Bitcoin and Ethereum are married couple?

Not because Bitcoin is leading the market and ethereum is following the movement meaning they are in relation , instead they have both different supporters and that is far from your claim.

many ethereum users wanted to take the thrown of Bitcoin things that impossible to happen , so Either your choice is bitcoin or ethereum ? there is only one reality here and that is they are both having bright future together with Binance coin .

Apart from what I said above, even if I prefer Bitcoin, I also think that if one has the opportunity and knowledge to trade both, why not? Profit is profit and as long as the currency being traded is decent, I am willing to try.

In general, bitcoin has become very popular and bitcoin is also the main benchmark for cryptocurrencies because all altcoins use bitcoin pairs. Bitcoin and ethereum are both popular crypto digital currencies. etehreum as an optional digital currency that can be selected or not. But both are equally useful. but the problem with Ethereum right now is that the fees are too expensive and many are complaining about it and are also waiting for ETH 2.0 to deal with the expensive fees.

Bitcoin is the most widely used cryptocurrency compared to ethereum, and the two were not created to fight because ethereum will not be able to beat bitcoin.
bitcoin and ethereum are two of the most used cryptocurrencies by far and both are without a doubt the most valuable cryptocurrencies in terms of market cap and ethereum market cap is only half that of bitcoin, and both will stay in first and second place forever.

Based up on trackers on how many coins in the market today.

There are over 17,000 types of cryptocurrencies as of February 2022, according to price-tracking website CoinMarketCap
Source (https://time.com/nextadvisor/investing/cryptocurrency/altcoins/#:~:text=There%20are%20over%2017%2C000%20types,to%20price%2Dtracking%20website%20CoinMarketCap.)
Excluding on other coins which havent known yet or been listed.
Considering these alts do share up on the same goal which is to be better than Bitcoin.
So dont exclude out those kind of hopes and targets into those project owners.

The thing about Ethereum is that it doesn't actually provide anything that Bitcoin offers, let alone everything. Bitcoin is entirely unique in the crypto world. Bitcoin was built to be a decentralized, censorship resistant, globally secure form of sound digital money. Which of those things does Ethereum do? None of them.

It is really more accurate to split cryptocurrencies up into two separate categories: there's Bitcoin and then there is crypto which is everything else. Bitcoin is unique.

Ether is a token for an app network. It has great value, but it is entirely different than Bitcoin. Bitcoin is global sound money. Just as Bitcoin doesn't have a Turing complete language for making smart contracts so it can't do all the stuff Ethereum does, Ethereum doesn't have ANY of the qualities that make Bitcoin good at what it does. They are just entirely different things. Most people, even those in crypto, don't understand this.

The common and misinformed understanding of crypto is they all do the same thing (they're all "cryptoCURRENCIES") so the one that has the most functionality must be the best. But that's missing the fact that no other crypto comes close to meeting the very high standards of money that Bitcoin achieves. The fact that other cryptos can be transferred around just like Bitcoin misses the point entirely. It's like saying rocks are better money than gold coins because you can still pass them around as money but they also have all these other advantages like the ability to crush things and sharpen things and shaped into spearheads. Two entirely different things that aren't good at what the other one does, even though you can technically trade rocks like money.

Ethereum is good at being a less-centralized-than-web2.0 app network that runs open finance applications.
Bitcoin is good at being the best money humanity has ever had.
Neither one is good at doing what the other one does.
But Bitcoin has zero competition in the crypto world, really its main competition now is the US Dollar and Gold. Whereas Ethereum has many rising competitors in the crypto space. And I'd say the value space for THE global currency and global store of value is larger than the value space for one of many (even if Eth remains the dominant one) open finance app networks.

We all keep saying that Ethereum won’t be able to beat Bitcoin, but we all know that the future is uncertain. None of us can be able to tell what exactly would happen, but as we are seeing it right now Bitcoin seems formidable in its position, and it seems unlikely that any other cryptocurrency would be able to reach the level of taking the number one position from Bitcoin. Of course, it’s possible that Bitcoin can stay in that number one position forever, and as for Ethereum, we have seen once when Ethereum coin was beating to the second position, buy Ripple (XRP).

You don’t seem to understand that they aren’t competitors. Bitcoin is a coin who’s value is underlying through being an asset, store of value and payment system. Ethereum is a smart contract coin who’s purpose is building applications on. Lastly XRP is an utter shitcoin that is centralized.

Bitcoin is simply better than Ethereum due to customizable low transaction fee and it's general acceptance by virtually all merchants. Even PayPal had to use this crypto because of this reason.

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value, that's the benchmark why I prefer bitcoin over ETH,
where bitcoin deserves to be a long-term investment, with an increasing value even though sometimes the correction stage makes the heart cry seeing the red candle burning like a raging bull

In my opinion, why bitcoin is superior to ethereum, because cryptocurrency is known as bitcoin, so bitcoin was first known and more popular than ethereum, but actually ethereum has advantages over currency.

It shouldn't be that personal. Bitcoin is totally different vs ethereum. Both are blockchains inspired from the same concept but they have different algorithm and different goals. Without to mention how ethereum is partially centralized while bitcoin is fully decentralized .

The both of them are great. No one is saying that ETH is not a good cryptocurrency, we all know that ethereum is good, but for the fact that Bitcoin is the first that was created, that gives it the first comer advantage, and we would hardly see any other cryptocurrency that would be able to replace Bitcoin in the market. It’s just as the same way that we would hardly see any altcoin that would be able to replace Ethereum from its top position in the alternative cryptocurrency market.

Yes, Ethereum has lots of great features, such as the smart contract which is the major thing about it, but I still believe that there are ways that Bitcoin is good and makes a better choice than ETH. But there isn’t any need for us to be comparing them, just go for whatever you think is best for you, and it wouldn’t be bad if you go for the both of them.

Bitcoin has been recognized in various countries of the world with a high level of trust as an investment coin and is important to have even though it has no utility, at least that's what makes bitcoin sexy as an investment coin, different with Etherum which has extraordinary utility, the ability to drive Blockchain systems and smart contracts in every business. This transaction is the reason why many strong developers are born from ERC20 smart contracts. nothing bad and nothing better BTC and ETH have their own concept on the coin they have

Being the first in the market doesn't mean that bitcoin is better than Ethereum - it's because bitcoin is stable, not the value. While Ethereum is quality, it has a fee that discourages people from investing.

If value alone is a benchmark then you will be crying your heart out on a fortnight basis because it is a highly volatile market and the market moves in either direction in a short period of time :P.

Going with the underlying technology right now BTCitcoin is a store of value and ETH is a unbearable token as it became a useless commodity after the higher transaction fees. In every aspect i am always with BTCitcoin.

Yeah, when someone knows crypto and he has introduced that to a newbie. That newbie probably have heard of cryptocurrencies and he's going to say that he knows bitcoin. It happens most of the time that the newbies get to know more bitcoin than any other altcoin.
But as per Ethereum, those that are into many altcoins. They might also be aware of ethereum as it's the first chain that has a lot of projects working on as erc20.

Both Bitcoin and ethereum are decentralized but Bitcoin is more anonymous than ethereum because Bitcoin Creator Satoshi is unknown which make Bitcoin network hard to be an influence but the owner of the ethereum is known and have frequently tempered with ethereum network code either inform of forking or network scalability process which in most cases leads to more vulnerability in the Ethereum network.

Cant really deny that erc20 blockchain utility and the tech behind is much better than off with Bitcoin and thats why no doubt that it do place 2nd in overall market but i wouldnt
be surprised that one day it would really be replaced by some altcoins but its way too early to say that.

Nothing is assured when it comes on future talks thats why its better not to anticipate or hope that much so that you wouldnt really be ending up on getting
frustrated because you havent able to meet up your expectations.

Actually, both of them have their own benefits and uses. Theres no need to compete with these two popular currencies.Bitcoin is the king while the Etherium is the Queen. Thats it.

We think it is the blockchain generation then Ethereum is the second generation. Ether is an alternative technology that provides more solutions regarding its adoption. But I see BTC as special. No one can eliminate that, not just value in my opinion. But there are other values that may result in confidence in Bitcoin still being high from other altcoins. Although I know the generation will continue to grow whether it will survive until when but at the moment it looks like it is going to start.

I was watching yesterday the TechLead guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sxb2dKRi08 He said that he sold all his Ethereum because is garbage and the gas fees are too high.

For me, bitcoin is still superior to eth. Although I know for a fact that both are to complement one another and not to compete with each other because after all, they are made for different purposes and they have different dynamics. Bitcoin is considered the "founder" and starting point of cryptocurrency. It is considered digital gold because of its uses such as being a medium of exchange and store of value which is similar to physical gold's uses. Meanwhile, Ethereum is considered as a digital ubiquitous because it could be used in different aspects and applications such as being a token in most NFTs and the likes. It is used to create different applications and it has smart contracts which you've mentioned to build various things in the blockchain.

Bitcoin is more volatile than eth which makes it have a high reward in exchange for the high risk taken. Bitcoin has a limited supply which makes me conclude that it will have a higher value in the future due to the law of supply and demand. Bitcoin has a lesser amount in circulation compared to eth in the market. But let's not pit them from one another because after all, they serve different objectives. It's still a matter of preference regarding superiority after all. If you are more to investing and trading, bitcoin is ideal. But if you are into having a wide reach of applications, then eth is ideal. However, it's still better to have both. You can never go wrong in having the two top coins in crypto.

For me its not BTC or ETH its Bitcoin and Ethereum i love both <3

Because it's expensive to buy bitcoin unlike ethereum which you can get much value out of and the network of ethereum has more usage than bitcoin, I think that Axie Infinity uses Ethereum network for their game plus it's a chance for some people to try and replicate the success of other people who have bought bitcoin and so they try and get ethereum in hopes that they might get the chance.

There is a reason on why other cryptocurrencies beside BTC are called "altcoins", which signify that the latter are also coins that just alternate or better versions of BTCs. Though what drives the price of BTC in the market is the law on demand and supply, lots of these altcoins have generated significant returns in the past few months/years.

Personally, I would recommend diversifying one's portfolio by also investing in these altcoins, specifically ethereum. Lots of these altcoins also have been gaining recognition which puts them on the same spot as BTC's recognition and legality.

I think you are may be missing some point where we can really say that btc is more precious than any other coin on crypto market .As we all know that bitcoin is totally a decentralized coin and no one can control it cause the founder of the coin are still unknown so that definitely its a open coin which is going through as the trader and investor play with it .On the other hand eth has a team though work hard to established their coin to make the value high but they can control and can make any decision to control it .So why not we need to invest on btc first which are not control by anyone or any team .I can easily say that btc is always a precious coin on this digital world .

If continue your analogy. Who then is Bitcoin Cash in this deck of crypto cards? Ace? - No, no! More like an 2 card.  But I would generally throw this card out of the deck. :) I digress a little.

It seems a little strange to me to oppose Bitcoin and Ethereum. Each of these coins has its own role and function. Moreover, in different periods of crypto formation, it is completely different.

Well said. Because I don't understand those who are fan Bitcoin or Ethereum either.

On my end, just be thankful that we have bitcoin and ethereum today. They have different applications and crypto users are benefiting from their existence. Don't look for which one is better than the other. Let us embrace the fact that both networks are needed to advance the adoption of crypto. Bitcoin started it all, so we should not neglect its important role in crypto market.

I think it depends on the density of the network. If it's a tissue, I think it's going to be faster. But in some articles I read on average in 10 minutes Bitcoin was able to confirm between 3-7 transactions. Ether 15-25 confirmations in the span of 6 minutes.
I think the newer generation of Ethereum then he's trying to eliminate the flaws in Bitcoin. Indeed, the scalability of bitcoin is an issue that continues to be debated.

Source: https://phemex.com/blogs/what-is-transactions-per-second-tps

You’re right there is a big difference between the two coins. Primary it’s what they are used for. What it comes down to is bitcoin is a currency and a store of value (this will improve over time). Ethereum is all based on smart contracts and isn’t trying to compete with bitcoin head to head. People often get confused thinking that the two are competitors or the same thing.

Bitcoin is not necessarily better than Ethereum, but everyone supports bitcoin because it is the birthplace of the cryptocurrency market, creating a world of financial freedom for us thanks to the concept of decentralization. Satoshi is the creator of bitcoin but he is completely anonymous and no longer visible, which makes bitcoin safer than many other altcoins. Ethereum has Vitalik Buterin and he is still the head and most important developer of ETH. It would be some kind of risk that if he announced his departure from ETH or something happened to him, ETH would fail.

For those new to crypto, the first coin they will hear about will be bitcoin and not any altcoins, this is almost everyone's habit. The technology of bitcoin can't be compared with the technology of altcoins, but BTC is the creator of the crypto market, so people will always have a special affection for it.

Bitcoin really can't be compared to altcoins, even though it's Ethereum, because bitcoin is a decentralized coin whose price is of course difficult to control by one-sided people, in contrast to altcoins whose price can be manipulated and can be controlled by someone or a big trader, so I think Bitcoin and Ethereum both have different technologies.

If any nation wanted to punish ethereum traders in their localities, they just point at  Buterin as being a Canadian-Russian. Bitcoin creator is a mystery, while Some believe it was created by the West, others believe Russians created it while commoners believe is one man from Japan, so everyone just accept it. ETH has smartcontract that is fantastic, so many other platforms have a better smartcontract protocol than ETH network, currently, I don't trade on ETH network again because the fees are to high heavens, killing business. ETH has no cap but Btc supply is fixed from genesis.

Of course, the consensus of trust in Bitcoin makes its value extraordinary. As long as the consensus continues to exist and grows, the value will be even greater.
As for PayPal, it looks like we should ask PayPal. Those who know for sure, and we're here might just be guessing. I think because Bitcoin is the first generation of blockchain and that's its special value.

There is no doubt that both ethereum and bitcoin are both useful and profitable for us. But knowing bitcoin is fully decentralized, that gives him an edge. Because it is more known that crypto means freedom, so we always find the best investment that will give us more freedom. And since bitcoin is the king of crypto, and it always dominates the market, so that made people to decide to focus more on bitcoin than ethereum.

Because bitcoin uses blockchain technology, that made bitcoin more appealing than ethereum. And secondly, because it brings financial freedom to those early adopters in bitcoin, the reason why most of the people now trust more bitcoin than ethereum. Though these two coins have always been dominating in the market, but its very clear that bitcoin still has the highest value in the crypto market.

Its been justified and shown that Bitcoin is always the king yet sitting on the top ranking for a decade plus which does simply means that it couldnt be easily replaced by some altcoins in the market which

is something centralized or not totally a decentralized one which is that isnt supposed to be if we do talk about cryptocurrencies but speaking with profitability then this is something that talks about

making more options the more better you would have chance on gaining something.It isnt just that you do stick into one because diversification would always be best.

You should know that not everyone supports bitcoin. There are people that are against bitcoin. Some says it is too slow, that it has no any use case other than buying and selling while other blames it for "environmental damages". Most of them hates or doesn't support bitcoin because they really don't know how bitcoin works or only because they never invested in it when they had the chance to and now they are bitter. The same case for ETH, but ETH is shifting to PoS.
What? Ethereum doesn't use the blockchain technology?

I think the reason why Bitcoin would always best out most of these other crypto currencies in the market is because that it is truly decentralized. Other cryptocurrencies that you are going to see are not fully decentralized, and in one way or the other they are being controlled by some people, although they would say that they are decentralized.
So that means that Bitcoin is the true decentralized cryptocurrency you would find, and I think that is enough to say that it is better than most other crypto currencies and even ethereum.

if we ask a lot of people if they've ever heard of bitcoin or ethereum then i'm 100% sure people haven't really heard of ethereum.  bitcoin is perfect compared to Ethereum, besides that Bitcoin is far from manipulating supply and very fully decentralized.  unmatched bitcoin.

Its been discussed often and yes since Mother of crypto currency goes first always. Yes its growth built confidence in everyone and it drew everyone into crypto platform. Yes Ethereum being the 2nd currency and ethereum network has brought in value to it. Yes we can hopefully invest in ETH. ETH will always follow Bitcoin's growth. Hence I would prefer Bitcoin.

I guess both of them have their own real use case so they don't have to act as competitors. Bitcoin is digital gold, while ethereum is digital universe. The creation of ethereum is inspired by bitcoin. However, ,bitcoin is still traded more than ethereum. And what it makes more unique is its fully decentralized blockchain, while ethereum and most of the altcoins are said to be more centralized. That makes bitcoin as the most favored by most of the investors and traders.

Or likely they've heard about it but always in doubt to know the pieces of information. Most of them thinks it's just an easy money and if you get it, it's the path to great wealth when totally it's not if they'll paper hand it in the short amount of time. Yeah Ethereum is unheard but if you'd match it with the use cases and asked developers in mind you'd be surprised on what would be the rating between Bitcoin and Ethereum.

as if PayPal will spend time answering us here  ;D ,

But what you are saying is something relevant to what we are having in crypto because all of us can only speculate the prices and future value but none of us can completely give the exact price in the coming time.

and also PayPal had been bring Big effect in the market when they start adopting Bitcoin though their motive is still in table if being valid or not.

Never forget  that There are many coins in list that making its way high . and remember that there is Binance in which one of the hottest and faster increasing currency now.

Yes it is these two crypto are the most common and known cryptocurrencies and for me theres no point of comparing which one is better because both crypto has their own use and value. We all know that bitcoin is the most dominant coin in cryptocurrency and also known as the most worth it investment. Ethereum is also a good investment and to be honest I do invest in it and also bitcoin and I can say that they both are good one but as I have said earlier I can say that there's no point of comparing each one another.

agree, it is clear that we and all of us also know that currently and possibly in the future bitcoin and ethereum will remain the most popular. bitcoin will remain a very high chance and many are looking for it to be a very attractive investment but ethereum also cannot be ignored is a coveted after bitcoin. even so if you compare bitcoin with ethereum it is clearly difficult and nothing can beat bitcoin.
maybe there are many other altcoins that want to replace ethereum but none are trying to want to replace bitcoin, therein lies the glaring difference.

Comparing these two is like comparing apples to elevators.

Bitcoin is a distributed ledger intended on providing fast, cheap, and transparent transactions.

Ethereum is a smart-contract platform that has completely different principles, goals, and tokenomics.

The issue is that ethereum is trying to solve issues that can be solved in a much more efficient way without the use of ANY blockchain. Bitcoin's only issue to solve was the double spending problem and taking the governments power to control/manipulate the native currency.

Ethereum is completely and totally theoretical and has not been shown to provide any real use as of today.

Ethereum also has its flaws, and, from a security perspective, the smart contracts used in the Ethereum network are very susceptible to hacks and exploits, which occur every month in different protocols. More recently, Ethereum has been moving toward deflation, but bitcoin was deflationary from the beginning. Bitcoin doesn't always have democratic transfer fees, but Ethereum has even higher fees, especially when the Ethereum network gets spammed with all sorts of transactions related to different tokens.

Still, I think the purpose of these two assets is different. Bitcoin is the main cryptocurrency investment asset, and Ethereum is more of a coin for interacting with different ecosystems in the crypto industry.

Are you explaining the technology behind the project of some altcoins, mate? Sure, there are many projects that have great technology and potentially surpass Bitcoin. But I'm still optimistic that Bitcoin will be always the favorite and the number 1 in crypto industry. I admit that some technologies created by new projects look more interesting, but cannot be the ultimate reason to ignore Bitcoin. Bitcoin already existed for more than 10 years, and it proved to us that no other altcoins have the capability to replace it. Even altcoins offer bigger profits, top players in crypto keep their priority in Bitcoin investment.

This only applies back on the 2016 era when cryptos are not really known. The number of coins is not huge as today and the only popular coin that time is only bitcoin but now that cryptos have exploded, we have now tons of new additional coins and tokens are now born aside from altcoins. Most new comers now will not now bitcoin first but they will soon know it if they will stay here because they will also research further in order to improve their crypto knowledge.

Technology of bitcoin is not comparable to altcoins because bitcoins technology is too superior. Ethereum and btc are great contenders but eth were left behind. There's no good things that happened to eth anymore.

bitcoin is fully decentralized unlike ethereum. Bitcoin total supply is still 21 million, ethereum supply is manipulated now as some other are burnt in transaction fee.  totally decentralized currency that is not controlled directly by certain people, bitcoin is what to go for, this is what ethereum can not achieve as it is still controlled by some set of man admit that some technologies created by new projects look more interesting, but cannot be the ultimate reason to ignore Bitcoin Ethereum has been moving toward deflation, but bitcoin was deflationary from the beginning. Bitcoin doesn't always have democratic transfer fees, but Ethereum has even higher fees,