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With $3000 to invest, is there any advantages to either, with the expectations/hopes that they both will continue to grow?  Just trying to see what others would do, as I plan to let this initial investment sit for 5yrs minimum in a cold wallet.

Thanks ladies and gents!

Bitcoin is the main Crypto-Currency, the best one. Some people like to invest in ETH or diversify funds among different currencies, but I personally would prefer for now to put all my tickets in BTC. The price will probably increase a lot in few months (who knows, maybe 50%-100%), I'm not sure if ETH has the same potential... I don't think so.

1 BTC worth much more than 10 or even 100 ETH.  :D

Especially because you want to put it into a cold wallet for at least 5 years, BTC potential is huge on long term.

I think ETH is better, I am trading PPT and Veritasium tokens on EtherDelta. It's an easy 10-15% profit daily, market moves up and down all the time, it's very easy to make money in my opinion.

BTC is at risk now with the things on August 1, I think that is risky to invest in it now, but ETH is cool.

If your are talking about right know I will go for 1 btc or else 10 ETH in future like 5-8 years later maybe.
So ETH is gaining it value but bitcoin has gained it.
So according to me btc will be best.
But ETH also by seeing it price growth

thanks for the opinions fellas, and explanations to back your thinking!!

@mrcash....really?!... you personally think 100ETH is worth less than 1 BTC?....Is that a general consensus between those "well versed" in the game? (I see you've posted quite a bit in this forum, so I assuming you know your stuff somewhat....enlighten me por favor!)

Split your investments 50:50 or 30:70 in favor of Bitcoin. Also after the fork Bitcoin on the main chain might go down considerably in price so you could buy then and net more profit.

Personally I'd suggest you to go for bitcoin, ETH could quite easily be a huge failure after an epic pump & dump. Bitcoin is the real deal

BTC value is still less than 3000 USD. Buy 1 BTC and buy ETC with the rest of ETC. ETC rise will most likely be like ETH in 2018.

with that kind of money I would be looking long term, and I believe Ether still has a bit of time to dip down a bit to the reload zone. Either way you'll likely profit its just a matter of timing the entry.

Better to diversify, Bro.. that is: $1500BTC  and 5 Ethereum.  It is the safest thing to do.
Ethereum is pretty cheap now. . It will most definitely go up soon. Bitcoin could go up as well from August 1.

Well here you're going to get shitloads of people with ulterior motives for asking you to buy each cryptocurrency, none of whom actually provide any justification for their belief.  It's like a couple of tribes screaming at each other and not even hearing what each other are saying.

If you ask me, both have their use cases and their use cases are not the same.  What you need to understand though is that Ether is just coming out of a massive pump and dump, which caused a huge number of people to think that Ether would surpass Bitcoin very soon in market cap, even though that was infeasible.  You can see on the chart (https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum/) that it started going off the rails around February.  If you bought in from March onwards, you're buying in dangerous territory.

Bitcoin has had a similar rise, but only by 200-300%, rather than 2000-3000%.  There's also the fact that Bitcoin has been through this very cycle about 5 times before and there is some kind of maturity in the market, whereas for ETH this is pretty new and actual usage of it has not matched the price surge at all.

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You can expect that the ETH bubble will burst, because the majority of current ICOs are pure hype.  After that, perhaps we'll start seeing useful things built on the Ethereum blockchain, at which point buying in is fine.  Right now I would recommend having the majority of your funds in Bitcoin and ETH just as a hedge, because Bitcoin's utility is about to improve (SegWit+LN+potentially a block size increase).

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I vote for 10 ETH here. I believe ethereum will exceed the price of 0.1 bitcoin next month and will start to rise up to 0.15 bitcoin. Investors are now in bitcoin, after they leave bitcoin, they will get in ethereum.

Thank you all for your input. I'm going to most likely invest in 1BTC, and then go from there as it seems as though the majority of older guys are saying so, and more importantly, my gut says get 1 BTC and then dabble from there.

Appreciate all responses, especially the lengthy in-depth ones!

for five years its definitely bitcoin.

Now if you ask the same question for only 1 year I should reconsider my answer.

And don't worry, bitcoin will die again, just don't read anything about it, forget it then come back in 2022.

If I can afford to invest 3000 dollar now, I buy both Ethereum and Bitcoin ( 0.8 BTC and 2 ETH). Both coins has the potential to increase in value very much in 5 years.

I think wait for 5 years and do nothing is not a good plan.  We don't know what will happen to cryptocurrencies in future. Maybe it's better to buy a new coin that doesn't exist today in the future with your Bitcoins or Ethereums. You should follow the news and make right decisions during these five years.

I would buy ETH for $3K instead of bitcoin. Because in past few weeks the ETH-BTC price dropped significantly. If btc rise or fall, the ETH price will do the same. BUT I'm expecting ETH to gain value over BTC in next months again.

I think you should invest in 1 BTC. Btc has a defined limits for the amount of coins that it can have. Eth don't. That makes eth illimited, and when there is more supply than demand, the price goes down. You don't see that happening with bitcoin because the supply is limited.

If i was you i will prefer to choice 10 ETH, because Ethereum have bright future. Although Bitcoin price is very good. But if holding for 5 years ETH is very good than Bitcoin.

In objective reality, ETH is the better medium of exchange, and it's not even technically built to be a currency per se. More to be used as gas for smart contracts.

But there's a reason I have about 5 BTC and haven't traded in the 100 Ethereum I have for more BTC. It's because I want to diversify my investments. I do believe both will go up exponentially in the next few years, so whether one goes up more than the other, I don't think one in your situation can lose, really...

But part of me feels that BTC will always be the gold standard. Why not just do half and half? About 5 Eth and .5 BTC?

At the end of the day, you'll be glad you bought either one, I'm sure.

Diversify dude. Get both 50:50. At least you have a leverage. We all know that there is a relation with regards to the price. So when one is down, for sure the other coin will be down as well. And you still have options if you just want to trade bitcoin for a day and the next day ETH. Question though Are you planning to do trading or purely investment?

In my opinion, it's always good to invest with digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ether. Both could be the best investment of your activities. But, Following the Segwit events on August 1, I think we should more care about ETH at least to being secured.

If I have $3000, my investment choice will be to diversify and buy 70% BTC and 30% ETH. But I will invest after 1 Aug .

BTC has more certainty with its historical existence and as a store of value
ev the scaling issue, BTC will continue to exist

On the other hand, as Segwit now has big chances to be implemented successfully because of bip91 being locked in, ethereum is not having its best times with all these hacks and shows its disadvantages more than ever. That's why I suggest to wait till 1 of August and if Segwit gets activated - buy btc ASAP. If something goes wrong - buy ethereum (or litecoin).

BTC is main crypto at the moment. All coins trade in pairs with it. So, you should to keep some btc anyway to refill other coins.

You should keep both BTC and ETH. Divide 50-50 if you're worrying about bitcoin after 1 August. BTC and ETH are good investments.

Why ETH? Just buy some nice decentralized crypto's like BTC, LTC, why bother with eth?

You can grab some SIA as well, pretty nice too.

What is the difference between ETCH and BTC, what is the pros and cons of this coins, can someone explain concisely for both of this? , i already have knowledge about this coins but i just want to know more in your own opinion. Thanks for the reply in advance. I hope someone has a legitimate answer in my question.

Its a nice idea to invest after august 1 on btc because there is a probability that price would dump at that time, and might be an opportunity again to buy cheap bitcoins. On the other hand, I think you shouldn't invest too much on eth, but get other coins because there are many hacks that are centered around ETH now. If I were to choose between 10 ETH or 1 BTC, I would choose 1 BTC just because it has a more potential to grow.

Hold 5eth and .5btc, because price growth is almost similar. Diversified holding helps to avoid loss happening due the price fluctuations. When eth raised all of a sudden its been suggested as a temporary growth, but the same has been lasting long. This makes both a sustainable asset for profiting in the future.

How about buying both? Spreading your risk is better than putting all your eggs in one basket. Ethereum has a high ceiling, but it is anyone's guess how it will perform in the next few years. Bitcoin on the other hand is more established and adopted, in my opinion the number one crypto currency.

For now, eth is used mainly by the ICOs and for trading, that could change, but who knows. If I have three thousand dollars to invest on both eth and bitcoin, I'll buy seventy percent bitcoin and thirty percent Eth.

Both are okay, since you can swap to ETH and vice versa. It's not really hard to choose between those two because both of them are profitable. Split into 2 or just stick to Bitcoin are the best choice you will get.

How about half btc and half eth. both has the potential to increase in price. just be smart and watch the chart of both tokens. bitcoin and ethereum are the leadings in cryptocurrency and I could say that this 2 was the best pick.

my opinion is wait a little more and when the BTC down like 1400 Band - take a btc and forget 2-3 years :D

then you'll be found on your wallet x4 x5 :) ** PS it's an idea

I think for now most people will choose 1 BTC, because 10 ETH is not enough to beat the bitcoin price, but if the ETH price returns to 0.15, then everyone will certainly choose 10 ETH

Yes people will choose for 1btc because of price currently increase than eth. Seems eth now is currently dump but for sure it willl recover.

Which one to buy depends on a lot of factors I think bitcoin is going to grow a lot in the next months so I will choose bitcoin but then I will change to ETH since I think that despite the great amount of market cap that it has lost I think it is going to eventually recover it so it is a good investment after bitcoin reaches its top price in the next months.

Divide it  between the two depending upon your other holdings with more money in BTC than ETH.

I agree with diversifying. If 10 ETH is your budget, go 5 ETH and 0.5 BTC. If you like riskier bets, then spread 10-20% of your budget on promising altcoins, such as AiCoin.

10 ethereum is much better and more profitable. Rather I suggest you to diversify between btc and eth.

It's really hard to speculate the value of coins. But, I guess since BTC is the main crypto currency ever since, and it bloomed a lot. I still think that it will still grow bigger. It's really hard to predict, but just look on the picture. It started very low few years ago and look at it's value now. Same goes with other crypto especially ETH. Maybe you can just invest your money to both. Just to be safe.

Always split up your investment. I think BTC might be the one to stay in the long term. Simply because it was the first and is the "king"

Also my thought.
This is the best way you can do so you'll stop confusing yourself.
These two coins are great for long term investment so why should choose only one if it will give you high profit in the future.
Always go for a high profit and don't waste every single cent.

If you are investing using fiat money, just go with Ethereum. There is a simple reason for it : your Ethereum value will increased in BTC, and your Bitcoin value will increase in USD. Thus you will end up having a double win which you would have not on Bitcoin alone.

I would definitely choose 1 BTC over 10 ETH. Some say it's not advisable to hold BTC with the incoming event on August 1. I personally think that I should hold BTC instead of ETH. The potential of BTC is higher than the potential of ETH on raising the price.

But what about what I said ? The trick is to get more bitcoins at the end. For this you buy ETH using fiat money - and this is very important ! - and then you win in both because the amount of indirect bitcoins you bought increase because ETH price increases, and in term of fiat you are winning too because Bitcoin price rose.

Both have the potential to increase, but if you want to buy and save it first, I advise to choose 1Btc that you have to buy. But if I become you, I will split those two funds. 50% for Btc, 50% for ETH

I think there are chances for both of them because now in many countries ETH is accepting as one of their payment options. So both of them has great demand when it comes to value in coming days. So we have to diversify them according to the situation we are facing.

Maybe it should weight more on the ETH.

Its better to unvest the half of your money in bitcoin and the half will be in ethereum because this two have big potential to increase more in the future. More bitcoin and more ethereum more profit you earn for sure . Because I believe the price of ethereum will become 1000 dollars and for the bitcoin will become 5000 dollars that happen for before end of this year 2017. Invest now.

If I think it's better to buy bitcoin than Ethereum. And if there is an option for Altcoin, I prefer Waves, besides its price is not too expensive, I think waves have good potential for future Crypocoin

Til august 1st you can invest on ethereum after hard fork happens you can start invest on bitcoin after a week or some days till that i am keeping my max bitcoin  in altcoins means converting into altcoin.

It depends on your risk perception. In 5 years maybe Ethereum will be hacked again. All your money might gone. It's very long time, hard to speak bold on this matter. I prefer to hold Bitcoin in long term because Bitcoin proved itself. On the other hand we see problems about Ethereum every year. Remember DAO incident and hard fork? There are 2 Ethereum coins in the market now. How could you trust a coin like that?

I could not say more.

Maybe the only problem about bitcoin in 5 years will be the high electricity consummation.

In my mind in this case it is wise to chose btc. Because in the long run btc has more potential because of its positioning as "main" crypto coin.

On other hand if one would want to invest short-term ETH has more potential, right now it could easily go to ~400$ which is 100% profit . But the BTC most likely will not go to 5000$ so soon.

I would definitely choose 10 ETH instead of having to choose 1 BTC because according to my prediction ETH will grow because of being more used than BTC. ETH is being optimized platform and generating a lot of altcoin from this platform so i'm sure future ETH will probably become the top cryptocurrency

But you need know Ethereum had growth early 2017 until today very fast. With an altcoin growth as ETH and the rules on market, need have correction price in long time before want comeback again. This is reason make me choose Bitcoin for holding.

I would rather hold 1 BTC holding it in the wallet as a long-term investment and not interested in holding 10 ETH in the next 5 years

i always prefer ethereum to bitcoin. because bitcoin always problem and processing taking long time all transaction.

BTC is definitely a better long hodl.

BTC assuming no crazy stuff happens will always be gold

This should be resolved this year, so it's not a good reason.

Btw, what did op decide to do?

If btc price drops, ETH price also always goes down.
If BTC price increases ETH price sometimes increases sometimes not.
So btc would be better i think.

I think ETH is the best coin.I always suggest ETH because ETH future is so much good.After 4-5years ETH hit worth of 4000$-5000$ it's my personal opinion.I think ETH is best for investment & ETH future is so good better than BTC.

Looking for ETH because ETH is always special for me & ETH change my life.BTC dumping always & sometime pumping but most of the time ETH so pumping.I think at future ETH price is cross BTC that's why I prefer 10 ETH.

If i do have that money to put on then i would really go for Bitcoin when we do speak about 5 years harvest time then btc would be a good choice but if you are on doubts then you can divide your money and go for eth too so that you do have both coins specially for long term but dont really expect too much since no one would really know on what would happen on next 5 years.Its either you would smile for profits or would grudge on the money you lose on those coin when they already tend to dump on those years but its a really hard thing to believe for these two coins to dump on those days.I would rather believe they did already reach new all time highs compared as of todays price.

buying and holding any altcoin for long term is a huge risk, they can simply get dumped hard and disappear in a moments notice and nobody will even care because nobody uses them really, people will actually enjoy the dump of an altcoin because they will happily short it to make a lot of money.
and when it comes to ethereum you know it is in a bubble and a terrible idea to invest in a bubble.

as for bitcoin, it is too big, with a lot of different usages. the price can never go down drastically. you look at the charts sometimes and see a big red candle that scares you but that is a short lived manipulation dropping the price 5% tops!!! and it jumps back up always.
and the usage is growing and adoption comes with it and consequently the price will rise in long term.

altcoins in comparison are staying idle, no adoption, no more usage, .... they just get pump and dumped.
in other words: alts are good short term trading things never long term.

Yes it seems so, but now many web wallets and exchangers have made announcements not to receive and send bitcoin from 31 July, so for now I prefer ethereum than bitcoin.

Yup there are a lot of advantages when you invest $3000. Some of them are given below. As you invest $3000 above your USD increasing on daily based in high number if you invest in a few like $50 to $500 then the number of USD increasing in very less. So, I would tell you that this is the only best advantage and even the best on advantage which can take you higher.

Undoubtedly you should invest in Bitcoin.
Bitcoin will never lose its value.
Bitcoin could go to 5000$ in next 2 years.

Both are really good investment but i have lost a bit of hope from eth due to thw current situations i know low price , hack are common with crypto and bitcoin itself has been hacked several times but eth will take time to be like bitcoin. My best advice invest half in btc half in eth. Eth is good for short term but for long term it can take months like from 10 to 300 eth was struggling at $7-10 for more than a year. It has a slow increase but has good profits.

I suggest bitcoin is better because since we know that Sigweet or bip 91 issue recently, we know that bitcoin will get some improvement in the future better than ether

This is not true. If you think Bitcoin is slow you should check Ethereum when a new big ICO raise money. Don't you ever see unconfirmed transactions, lost gas fees, angry people here? It happened in Bancor and Status ICO's. People couldn't send ETH for hours. Bitcoin never have this kind of problem.

5 years. I think for a very long time better investing in Bitcoin because bitcoin has more potential to be better than Ethereum.

I will go for BTC sir. ETH and BTC have several issues hounding them right now but in general BTC is still the most trusted. All people doing crypto trust BTC more than anything else. Hacking has been a serious issue for ETH. BTC has never been hacked. In 5 years, the price of bitcoin will be 6 figures. You are assured of that.

 I'm not sure if ETH has the same potential... I don't think so.Because, Bitcoin is the main Crypto-Currency, the best one.The price will probably increase a lot in few months (who knows, maybe 50%-100%). so I select bitcoin to put my funds in BTC

ETH, it is sooooo cheap now.

Some people have a strange understanding of what "cheap" means. What you have do is multiply this value by the number of coins in circulation. This will give you the marketcap, which is a much better parameter.

I agree, choose BTC for long term, did U know how much time that btc need to gain this present price? I dont think other crypto could do the same. BTC is limited, and more and more people are using it, so the price will climb as more people use it. So dont doubt your self. everyone know the cryptoss market are fluctuate, be it bitcoin or ethereum. but thats how the cryptoss work. 

Im a fan of eth but my faith is in btc when it comes to long term holding. As bitcoin is more valuable and there's no way to surpass btc by eth. And holding 1 btc versus 10 eth will be more profitable than ever.

here is same situation i invest my little money in eth and the half of my investment in bitcoin . Bitcoin have alot of user and bitcoin is more valuealbe then eth.

I don't see why eth can't surpass btc in market cap, it has a lot more functionality that would support a higher market cap. In the short term though I think you are right, but I think eth will take the number one spot in market cap sometime next year and that means a price much higher than 10 eth for 1 btc.

ETH is a part of altcoin and the price could dropped below BTC price, it much better to hold Bitcoin as the price remain stable and you would not suffered with lose that much also you can see the progress of Bitcoin right now with Hard Fork and such.

Yeah for me bitcoin is the best and only one that i will hold for longterm based holding it for a 10years of i think i will hold my bitcoin until 2020. Because my sensei say that in 2020 bitcoin price will be high

Its better to invest both if you have 3000 dollars . Ethereum gives you high profit because they have possible that ethereum price become 1000 dollars. If that happen for sure we earn a lot of profit. And also bitcoin will earn a lot of profit if the bitcoin price hit 3000 dollars in the month of august . More bitcoin and more ethereum that you have more profit to earn in the future.

with btc price now, i think with $3000, you can get 1 bitcoin plus you still have your money and you can buy eth or etc and then you can keep those coin, waiting for increase. because i think its still good to invest in any of altcoin because altcoin price will be increase too so you can get double profit while you only want to invest and not trading.

I support your idea. It’s really smart move in trading to buy bitcoins when the prices are low. So it’s recommended buying as many bitcoins as possible when the market is facing downfall and then keep them in wallet until and unless prices have reached your desired value. Besides I believe there is no comparison between eth and bitcoins.

This is a safe and sound advice but for those that want to make money they need to understand that sometimes we need to take calculated risks, this is one of those moments, with a fork coming we need to try to correctly predict where there is going to be some action and make money that way, it is not easy but if you master that ability then you could multiply your money very easily.

For me, I will choose one bitcoin because one bitcoin is higher than ten eth. If your going to invest, I think it is better to invest on bitcoin for you to have a higher profit but you really need patience, perserverance, and diligence for you to become rich.

If your going to invest and want to become rich, invest with the higher price, invest on bitcoin. Bitcoin is a crypto currency that change its value everytime but compared to eth, it has a larger value. Also, if you hold your bitcoin for a long time, it will grow more and might gave you a lot of money. If you want to become rich invest on bitcoin.

Invest the 1500 dollars in bitcoin and for sure you will earn profit after few months or few years. And other 1500 dollars is for the ethereum and for sure you will earn a lot o fmoney by holding this coin for few many years.

I think the time to invest in ETH has passed, if I were you I will look for another coin that is not as big but that has great potential for growing, because while some speculate that ETH has the potential to surpass bitcoin that is something that is really doubtful to me since I think bitcoin is going to be the top cryptocurrency for a long time since it has a great advantage over its competitors.

Invest money to buy 5-6 ETH and rest in bitcoin. Though there are chances that ETH would provide you a better return as compared to bitcoin during a years time from now. As of now bitcoin is on a roll and has crossed 3450$ and will reach soon 4k in coming time.

So you buy 1btc for $3000, wait ten or so years and bitcoin finally gets to that 100k per coin that everyone is dreaming about. You sell your bitcoin and get 100 000 dollars, pretty neat I'd say.

Alternatively, you decide to get 10eth for that $3000, wait this couple of years, maybe 10, maybe 15 and to match your bitcoin earning you only have to hope for it to go up to 10k per coin.

It's now the matter of what one would believe is more probable. For some internet coin to get to 100k and revolutionize the world, get mainstream and become world currency or for some random internet asset to be worth 10k. However the first part seems irrational, I'd think it is actually possible with bitcoin. However, supporters of ethereum believe it has potential to beat bitcoin or at least get near it's price, if it ever happens it seems better to have 10 coins of let's say $5000 per coin, that one coin of $10000, of course in case eth get ever at least half bitcoin's price.

I still believe sharing your investment is the best thing to do as always, if marketcap doesn't shrink you would never really lose money by that way. But profits might be small.

Of course I choose 1 BTC, due to price discrepancies of both parties. I think bitcoin was more superior than ethereum, then if I have 1 bitcoin I can used it into business and investment if matter.

Otherwise, I believe that if I have 1 bitcoin I think it is enough to support my needs or to make simple business that earn income who supports my family needs.

I know this forum is quite old now but for anyone else, definitely Bitcoin. However ETH is doing really well these days and i would diversify. Like 2/3 Bitcoin and 1/3 Altcoin. Don't miss out on cheap alt coins prices.

Bitcoin all the way! As we can see, bitcoin's prize increase rapidly. Eth is good too but now you can say if it will be stable since bitcoin is increasing.

I would say choosing bitcoin and much practical since over this days it might increase more than $5000+ and currently there is an ongoing update on it. But, if you choose Ethereum it might also increase may be not more than $500 this year, that's my speculation. WISE choice is BITCOIN!

Now is definitely the time to invest in ETH.  I've been a doubter for a long time but there's no denying the hype and public awareness of ETH guarantees its got at least got 1 more mega pump in the near future.  Go ETH until you see a 5x+ increase and then revisit this topic to examine your long term hold options.

10 ETH is more interesting as an investment than holding 1btc for me. I believe, ETH will follow popularity of bitcoin. ETH is an altcoin  has bright prospects and supported by solid team of developers.

1btc is definitely for me, and it's over $3390. A fantastic figure for a cryptocurrency which i remember when btc ever dropped below $200. Its really remarkable bitcoin strength at the moment.

10 ETH & 1 BTC  ;D

As being said above both coins would really be good but if you do only have the money to put on both things but if you do only need to choose then it would vary if you prefer short term or long term. If you are going on short then i would go on ETH because price movements and percentage would really be more higher compared on bitcoins movements and would really possibly give you profits on long term basis.

I would definitely choose 10 ETH because I think in future ETH will be more used, especially in large projects, even ETH can overcome Bitcoin if ETH market continues to grow strongly in time forthcoming

you better buy 10 eth rather then 1 btc, or you can get bunch of waves with $3000, eth potentially to $1000 and waves to $100 in my opinion, take your own risk

half for eth, half for btc.
dont put all your eggs in one basket

Bitcoin is the safer bet, but ETH has more upside. They'll both go up, but I think percentage-wise, ETH is likely to go up more.

1 BTC worth much more than 10 or even 100 ETH.  Cheesy

If have to choose, 1 btc is definitely larger than 10 eth for today. However, i only have 4 eth.

ETH may be a good option if your goal is to obtain more bitcoin down the line, buy ETH and wait for the price to go up, it is likely that at some point the growth of ETH is higher than bitcoin meaning you can use your ETH to buy even more bitcoin in the future, this is what the whales keep doing to become even bigger whales, they invest in some other coins get their earnings and then get bitcoin once again.

BTC for sure. BTC is the titan of cryptocurrency and I don't see how it could be replaced. I am 99% sure that BTC will be worth more in 1 year then it is now. I am not sure if ETH will be worth more in 1 year from now.

It is crystal clear,...... Bitcoin the best coin.
ETH may be dying, too many ICO and they need to cash it.
It s going down
It s going down

Don't forget ETH has %15 inflation where btc has deflation

So the best way is to buy 50% ETH and BTC 50%. Investing in 1 coin in my opinion that is a bad idea.
If you use $ 3000 for altcoin trade maybe you get double profit.

Mmm I think you should buy 70% bitcoin and 30% ETH. Or you can use 10% to diversify with some altcoins.

I don't think so . The Ethereal market is much more developed than Bitcoin, Bitcoin takes seven years to get $ 3500, while Ethereum takes just two years to reach $ 400. I think in the future ETH will dominate this market and Bitcoin will be the baby of ETH

Bitcoin is a much more solid option that ETH. Even though eth was pumped up really high this year, I just don't see the momentum and reliability behind it like I see behind bitcoin.

I think you should go through BTC rather than ETH.Because BTC seems to be very popular and valuable than ETH.And BTC is very popular crypto currency all over the world.So I should prefer BTC as ETH because of their value and popularity. At last it's your choice.

10 ETH.

Check the price, ETH is worth less than 0.1 BTC, so it is better 1 BTC than 10ETH. The future of ETH is uncertain too.

this wrong!

1BTC

it doesn't matter what the price is!
when you want to invest you should consider two things before doing it. how long is your investment and how good is the thing you are investing in.

if you want a short term investment and if it is the early stages of ETH pump then it is a good choice for a couple of days of investment.

but if you plan on a long term investment then bitcoin without a doubt. this year alone bitcoin has gone up more than 3.5 times.

If I were you, I would buy all eth, I think eth appreciation potential is huge, next year will bring you huge profits. :)

Ethereum is hidden gem and the potential of this coin remains many much. Different Bitcoin, the price of Ethereum still cheap and rising up to $2000 in future is possible (when the price of Bitcoin = $10,000 and marketcap high than 1 trillion dollars)

ETH has a bigger chance of doubling in value than BTC,,, but BTC is the one for the long-term growth. I am looking for other alts. ETH is too "hot" for me right now. I cannot even afford to own a single ETH unless it drops half value soon.

By the way, if you have 1 BTC now you can have 11 ETH at exchange :) And still have >0.02 BTC leftover :)

Yes I agree with you, where the money will be invested to both coins, and bitcoin gets a larger amount to invest than etherum because I see bitcoin forward is more potential to reach a relatively high price and will provide many advantages. But etherum was good too but to survive until 5 years later  that I'm not so sure.  ;D

I think the ETH price should increase as it will certainly be pumped from the investor. For me, instead of buying a BTC, you should buy 10 ETH because it will certainly double your profits in the future

I agree with those that advised you diversify to play it safer.

If you want to straight up gamble, I'd say go for ETH. It's percentage swings tend to be greater than BTC at the moment.

If you're just looking to hodl, I would probably just buy the BTC.

I would definitely choose 1 BTC instead of having to choose 10 ETH. I think if you invest 1 BTC at this time then you will definitely have more ETH and ETH price is decreasing continuously recently makes people prefer to buy BTC more

For now the price of ETH is in decline, and of course will choose 1 BTC for now with 1BTC can get 11 ETH for current price, but it seems some weeks ahead ETH price will increase again.

I have invested small amounts in ETH when it was around 13 USD. ETH has been climbing up to 400 USD. It has gained so much value in just 2017. So, I think there must be a period of cooling. ETH is too hot right now. In terms of BTC it has also gained so much value but still it is not that high compared to ETH's action.

I looking for 10ETH because Ethereum is my dream.ETH is most valuable crypto currency & this coin growth is very high I think.At this time ETH is continuously high raising.

For eth touching one thousand dollars in this year is as if Justin Bieber is about to quit singing. It is out of question for any altcoins to touch this value. I do not see a great future with altcoins. They are a complete decade behind bitcoins. They badly need some interesting updates to attract investors. Good luck! I will always prefer bitcoins over altcoins.

Buy Bitcoin, I think it may become the world's currency in the future, 5 years will have a good profit in return. Wait patiently. :)

Yes,that is right. You can choose BTC. BTC always makes more profit in future.

Everyone knows that bitcoins are residing in the biggest palace of the crypto kingdom. All other digital currencies are less in value than bitcoins. There is no comparison between altcoins and bitcoins. How is it possible to compare a star with moon ?

The brightness of the moon is much more than that of any star. Bitcoin is the moon of the crypto world and I believe that all its investors are going to be millionaires in near future.

Bitcoin went even higher than that so it was better to buy bitcoin in this particular moment in time, you can easily multiply your bitcoin by just converting bitcoin to Ethereum and vice versa when the prices are favorable to you, at this moment it could be a good idea to convert bitcoin for ETH since you are going to receive more ETH and then when the price of bitcoin gets lower and the prices of ETH higher you can exchange your ETH for more bitcoin.

500 RADS :D

ETH diamond to Bitcoin's gold ?

IMO you should invest to eth because btc price already climbed to highest level of history.Dont forget to hold your investment on hard wallets  at least for 3 years. Better to keep your private keys away from computers and do every transfer on clean pc ;)

3 Ethereum and all other money should go to bitcoin. Also you should share more to litecoin and probably Lisk as well. Good coins will always win.

You do not necessarily  need to use hard wallets to keep your coins safe, that is a good option but it is not the only option, for those that cannot afford it they can as easily just install a light weight wallet in a computer with a Linux distribution that has been verified and that has not been tampered it, if you store that in cod storage then you can easily maintain your bitcoin in a very secure way.

IMHO 30-40% ETH, 30-40% BTC, 10-20% something else... Diversification is right choise

If i invest 3k$ i put it all in bitcoin why bitcoin is a major of cryptocurrency his no.1 in crypto.. No one other to stop price of bitcoin... If u check the price of bitcoin was 2009 is only .08$ now 2017 is 4k$ so i think after the 2017 will pump it again if u hold in 5yrs i think 100k$ per bitcoin in 2022.. Gudluck

I think ETH will grow rapidly in the future Maybe 3000$. Bitcoin is being at the top price so i don't believe we can take profit in it anymore. In conclusion, I prefer ETH to BTC

It will be different depend on how long you want to hold it.
I will buy ethereum if its price within $185-$250 as steady price for eth around $280-$350, buy low and sell immediately when it reach $350, just for short term. If you want to hold it for long term, 5 years, bitcoin is the best option I guess, due to its price could grow 200%-400% per year, then it may be 1000% increases in 5 years later.

If the current price of $ 4k bitcoin I do not dare to invest at a high price
But as you say better buy eth now for $ 296 and sell it at $ 400 because it's time for eth to rise in late August

Yeah exactly, it's better to choose ethereum for n9w because as it's stated in coinmarketcap.com ETHEREUM have big market cap now and still increasing it's market cap, so there's a chance that it can be $1000 per ETH. It can but in the right day maybe

Only a fool can give up on bitcoins for eths. How can one choose gold over diamond ?
Eth is not capable of producing the profits that are quite easily exhibited by bitcoins. At the moment, there is no chance that a prudent investor will leave bitcoins for eths. For just 1 bitcoin, you can hold more than 20 eths easily and even more.

You'd probably have higher chances of turning a bigger profit with 10 ETH. I'd say go all in ETH. Especially now that BTC just finished its mega pump to $4.5k. Its ETH time.

0.6 BTC and 4 ETH like the proportion of these beasts :D

It's a good start, but you must have a good portfolio ! Try different currencies, different assets...

good question. it if were me i would spend maybe 30-50% on bitcoin and divide the rest between the top ten on bittrex and poloniex. way more potential upside.

What a wrong comment. You say you're not sure if ETH has the potential. How about the price rally that ETH made between $15 and $250 within only couple of weeks. ETH has more potential than bitcoin. For the question, ETH can't pass 1:7 ratio with bitcoin. This means 7 ETH can be equal to 1 bitcoin, but no more. This is my personal calculation. Now 12-13 ETH is 1 BTC.

What about this?
I would choose 1 BTC and exchange it for 12 ETH. After that i would join a few good icos with my 12 ethereum.
There are pretty good icos with much more potential than btc or eth. Why would i loose time with oldstyle currencies?

I think both of them will give a promising advantage, especially if you intend to invest in a long time, but if I were you I would choose 1 BTC rather than 10 eth. Because 1 BTC is more than 10 Eth. Indeed this is piihan that difficult for you, but conbalah to make a choice.  ;)

there will be big icos in september with eth. so, eth will pump like june. it can go to 500 dollars in the end of the year. and there is a dump sprculation in btc in november because of segwit.

so, i choose 10 eth.

If you can be patient like you said and wait 5 years or more trust me BTC can give you a huge amount of profit in that time.I would invest in BTC.

Totally 10 ether!! In this moment is still cheap, let's see what will happen in a year or so with the new relase, z-snark and pos combined  ;D

50/50. Btw, checked out OP and he have not written in this thread for almost a month. No need to post more replies here

this was good strategy to do some invesment on cryptocurrency, if both price go pump, then more profit we will get then only invesment on one platform

yeah me too. i think right now i will also prefer eth over btc and eth will be new badass in the field of cryptocurrency after bitcoin.
we have seen the way price of the bitcoin shoots up in no time and after seeing so much growth of bitcoin in that time and now i think its time for eth to shoot up like this. so, i prever 10 eth over 1 btc because it has enough potential that it will be able to give a huge profit in the future.
 we will see its result at the end of this year or at the start of next near.

Yeah I agree with many of these comments,

Eth would be my choice, its used as a fuel to buy into ICO coins, if you find a good coin you like (for example i bought into the Bitquence ICO) you can then use 1-2 eth each one and either make a decent return (40 x on bitquence) or use the coins themselves for the intended purposes.

Thinking about volatility, ETH may now bear the advantages. BTC just hits it ATH and seem to be stagnant for a pretty long time and reach for another level fo ATH, while in the other side, ETH is now currently on its low point.
Beside that, any ICO which use ETH smart contract will pump the demands, that's simply an additional positive point for ETH, just my 2 cents tho.

Is that the reason why ETH is so high?

ETH price this now 0.08 bitcoin/eth
so 10 ETH only 0.8 bitcoin, so iam still chose 1 bitcoin

Agree with you pal. Still the value of bitcoin is bigger than eth but take note the price of eth has reach 0.1btc this year so there will be a chance of.coming back.of eth sooner or.later . Though if we are talking.the price right now lot.of us still chose bitcoin if the price is .2btc of eth then.we will choose eth though

We all have different points of view and it really is up to the OP on which coins he would choose to invest in. But if I were in his shoe, the most practical thing to do would be to divide your coins and invest in both of these coins. In that way, you have like a win-win strategy. But that's just me though, or you could choose whichever you think you could benefit most from.

I think ethereum already used its potential this year and it is valued now. Maybe not over valued but nobody can say that ethereum price is cheap now. Same story for bitcoin. The price raised so much this year... a hard decision

It would really be a hard decision on choosing since no one would ever know on the potential increase later on but comparing them on possible movements and possible income on their slightest movement I would really go for ETH since it do have smaller value than bitcoin and a slight movement will really make some good impact on your holding considering on the volume.

to be honest I feel like another dip is coming tho exactly when and how much is anyone's guess.

To be safe I would do 1/3 erh, 1/3 in btc and 1/3 in tether

hard decision but if looking on its chart eth went to .2btc and if you have 10 eth you will be able to have 2btc maybe before end of this year you are just investing to grow more your btc and with those ico which will be on its way eth will grow more so I think eth will be a good in both ways.

Nice question, I think the best answer is 10 ETH. Do not under estimate this coin. Someday It may go close to the price of Bitcoin, so 5 ETH might be equal to 1BTC.

Diversification is good
20% BTC
20% Ether
20% ICO
40% other Altcoins

 i used to like eth cause it has pumped so much in the past half year, but now i prefer to btc since the btc is so steablize and it shall be the king for a long term

I have exchanged about 40% of my Bitcoin into Bitcoin Cash. The transaction confirmation is faster with BCC.

How about half a BTC and 5 ETH. Seems logical... It would be ridiculous to bet everything on BTC atm. It's a real joke.

I think i'll go with 1 bitcoin. My reason is that you can conveniently transact through bitcoin. Unlike any other coins, you don't have the need to put another alt coin to get the cash or cash it out, while other alt coins need exchange fees through another alt coin. And also, since bitcoin is a bit popular, i'm confident to use this cryptocurrency. You can feel secured in using bitcoin than using any other alt coin, even it has some vulnerabilities,you can still rely on bitcoin.

I think it depends on your desire for risk, putting all in bitcoin is the safest bet you can make in crypto currencies, personally I think a better option for those that want to play it safe and still get good profits could be to invest in some well established altcoins, Litecoin, waves and lisk are my top choices if I had 3000 dollars to invest and for those that love the risk they could always invest in ICOs and see how they perform.

A good alternative would be 50/50 of both, it's less risky. Although, in this case I would definitely go for 1 BTC, sounds like an a lot safer option too. Moreover, it's worth more than 10 ETH, even if ETH's price returns back to $400s.

I think ETH better trading market move up and down all the time, very easy to make money according to me.

ETH price stability is very possible to make a good sale and purchase,ETH will never go down very deep,even tend to rise slowly but for sure, eth is very promising,even from the first until now I love it this coin

10 ETH is better for trading in market but i definitely prefer 1 Bitcoin and i forget that i have it for a long term investment.

People have different markets they like, it is the same as in forex some prefer some particular pairs since they know how they move after years of watching the charts, if you like ETH better then good for you but you cannot expect that everyone has the same proficiency when it comes to reading the ETH charts and make money with it, some will prefer bitcoin or litecoin and that is fine.

Seems like you were wrong about bitcoin. BTC right now is $4600 and if you break down a half BTC and 5 ETH then you will only have around $3800. I will always choose 1 BTC over any other coins.

If feel optimistic with  strength that is behind ETH, then it's suitable as very profitable investment choice. ETH values against btc are still strong to ascend. Also a tough altcoin whose value is good even to speculate in exchanges.

I think both will do when you invest but if you have to choose one, i think you should go for btc. Eth is a good coin, it has potential and at some point its value as increased and it will continue to do so. However, btc is better than eth when you want to invest since it is well established and their is a better posibility that its valuewill continue to rise and if you are planning to hold it for a minimum of five years, provided that btc will continue to improve, you wil definitely have a huge profit at the end of it. 

buy 10 ETH then buy some ICO token. It's will have more profit

I would definetly go with 1 BTC. Sometimes we forget BTC is the main reason we are all here. It's the main coin and probably it will always be.. so it is wiste to think BTC will be ahead of other coins in long term investments.

I would go for the 10 ETH! ETH will follow the growth of BTC of course, but in this way you will get a bigger profit. Moreover at the moment the price of ETH is quite low, you can grab 13 ETH with a BTC

In the super long term I think 1 BTC and 10 ETH will probably be worth the around the same anyhow. ETH is like investing in TCIP I 1973. BTC is like if you could invest in banks in ancient Venice and ride the profits all the way to modern day!

I am exactly of the same opinion
by buying 10 ETH, you can participate in ico and this will be more profitable over the long term … a condition to choose the ICO correctly  ;)

Bitcoin is the best if you are planning to hold long term however the market cap is getting huge as we speak so it is going to become more and more difficult for bitcoin to duplicate its value as that will need more people investing huge sums of money in bitcoin, that is why sometimes it is better to invest in some alts, not only to diversify your portfolio but also as a way to try to get bigger profits in the future.

The length of the term is the determining factor to give an answer for this question.

1 BTC is better, <1 year.

10 ETH is better >1 year.

Since ETH will be more dominatin over BTC, 10 ETH would be better in long run.

Just like me when i buy the zrx token and i took 10x profit in a week. What the hell is that. The good project deserve a lot of profit for me. But i prefer the ethereum rather than the bitcoin itself.
It will be good in the quantity.

You should buy bitcoin with one half and with the other half you should buy ETH, if you dont plan to invest in more coins the next time. For or nice and easy hold both coins are good, they are going to grow together in the future.

Bitcoin is the best investment for the long term. Although its rate is significantly higher than all other crypto currencies and therefore it is not cheap - today $ 4,550, but in the future it vkrassno podnyatsya in price and poletmu buy it when it's too late. The ethereum is also a good coin, but the leader is always bitcoin.

investing in bitcoin is not about cheap or expensive, bitcoin is flexible, you can buy even 0.000001 and there's no problem with it. therefore, any amount you want to invest, it's all will be right.
also, you can get many profits by doing margin trading from bitcoin. bitcoin also proven to be number 1 cryptocurrency you don't need to worry that bitcoin will eventually become dust, that'll never happen.

Eth is still the best choice in terms of value. It still continues to outpace BTC and nearly overtook it at one point. Still think it's the better hold for now.

that is your think. The truth is, ETH can not catch up with BTC, the distance is too big

See ripple. It's only take few year to become top 3 crypto currency

Bitcoin can not be compared with any altcoin, let alone the ETH difference in value is very far and also the popularity of bitcoin is higher than Ethereum.And if choosing between Bitcoin and Ethereum I prefer Bitcoin. Bitcoin is good long-term investment from year to year has increased very well.

Eth i think will have similar value in the future so ethereum is my number 1 choice, maybe can be top 1 if rusia adopt

With your $3000 as initial investment, you cannot buy one Bitcoin. So I prefer you go for Etheriums. Both are sound investments though. Bitcoin is the safest for me and the most far from risk. But Etherium is surely going to earn some more value appreciation before the year ends. Bitcoin might not be able to double within 2017. Etherium might.

depend on how many profit he want. more risk more profit

with 3000$ for trade is just like play gambling. You will need more money to backup portfolio when price fall down.

just buy ETH then find some good ICO and invest in it

Now i would surely recommend you to buy 10 eth. If you noticed btc has almost become more than $4500 while eth is still low for you to double your investment it can take time while for eth it's still around $300 and many are speculating it can become $1k by end of this year with 10 eth you can triple your investment in few months.

1 Bitcoin or 8 Bitcoin cash. They could be more valuable.

They are 2 major crytocurrencies, how about both .5 BTC and 5 ETH

Maybe BTC/ETH this question is too much Hard. As my choice i will invest ETH. You can invest 2 of them.

Investing in both is the best way to avoid unpleasant things happen. While i am, more than interest to have 1btc as capital for search profit on exchange. Because it's more certain.

BTC! BTC! BTC!
Eth is like a trash when compared with bitcoins. It does not stand a chance of selection, it never did. Not just eth but all the other crypto coins are not an option when it comes to the king of the crypto coins world. I prefer bitcoins over ETH.

Whatever amount I had to invest (unless it was very small), I would split it across several coins. If you like BTC and ETH, why not put half in both? You don't have to buy integer amounts - with cryptocoins you can buy a fraction of a coin.

Not only ripple but ethereum too, Another currency such as lisk and waves already late to take a part in the competition, I think that couldn't be comparable with the top 3 coinmarket capitalization.
As the lisk dev just gives a promise about stable sdk.

I don’t think so there is any comparison between eth and bitcoins. Bitcoins are hell better than eth and it is really very insulting for bitcoins that they are compared with a useless coin such as eth. Even waves are far better than this eth. I will never ever recommend invest into eth.

i prefer eth over btc for many reason. i think eth will be $1000 soon and it will gave me better profit than btc and it has really good marketcap right now. we have seen the price and come down to $270 2 days ago and it is the time for the investors to fill their pocket but still it will be better investment than btc and ban on ico's by china really effect its price.

10 ETH is better now because it is cheaper, some months ago when ETH was in the middle of its own bubble and it keep going up that was the moment to sell and get bitcoin because there was no way those prices were going to be there for long and I think the same is happening to bitcoin right now and that is why is losing some value in the last week.

Eth is not a useless coin mate its very promising coin and has given positive results to its investors and its most popular coin after bitcoins but I do agree that bitcoin is the best coin when it comes to an investment and if I have to choose then I will go for 1 btc instead of 10 ETH.

if hear about portfolio system,  i think you can use the method to investment. Don't put  All Apple in a box.

10 eth and 1 btc have the same high price, so I choose both,  :)
especially now the price is down all ;D

I am a long term player and a long term holder so I will choose to go with Bitcoin as not sure where ETH will land in future but can blindly trust bitcoins that it will keep on going higher and higher.

Try 10Eth. maybe Eth price as ratio in BTC
will become
Eth 8:1 BTC
and thats is a good profit bro.
because i think
Ethereum will be 10:1 on BTC
soon.

I will incline toward you purchase Ethereum in light of the fact that Ethereum has brilliant future.Ethereum still, around $200 and many are hypothesizing it can move toward becoming $1k by end of this current year with 10 Ethereum you can 3x/4x your speculation the end, this year.Holding for a long time Ethereum is great than Bitcoin

with 3000$ is 13,5 ETH now. so use that money invest to 1-2 ICO like Meridian or Centra. Profit will be better

I believe that eth goes back to 0.01, lately very ico using ETH, and many eth developers for project financing, I believe this makes the currency a bit scarce, maybe I'm wrong!

hope you wrong. many ICO success but it make me feel bad too. If their dump their ETH to market. This will make ETH price back to last year price

There are many other applications too. So the price will not drop that low.

10:1?Yes you can make money if movement of ETH would be volatile and would rise up since it can give good multiplication of profits on your eth holding but regarding on the risk on losing funds too it also fast which it means if you can able to take the risk then its a good choice on have 10 ETH compared on 1 bitcoin when it comes on shorting on its price.

BTC will always be more powerful in compare to ETH so looking at the future prospects and future benefits I will go with 1 btc as price of ETH can crash at any time but bitcoin will always keep on rising in long term.

I guess it would be wise have your investment split between. Normally I would choose 1 BTC because i believe BTC will see more than 10k in a year but as i said i rather prefer having all my money on more than one coin to lower the risk.

That is the right thing to do never put all eggs in single basket and to minimize the risk its better to diversify our investment in multiple coins but as bitcoin looks more promising then any other coins I will put majority of my funds in bitcoins.

10 ETH = 2500$
1 BTC = 3500$
Just buy 10 ETH and invest in some ICO and have 500$ to join pool party with your girlfriend

But at some point 10 ETH is worth more than 1 bitcoin, look at this year's eth graph, the increase of ETH is much more significant than BTC.
And it could be a time eth price can beat bitcoin

Bitcoin will always be the king of crypto world no matter what happen. That's when I see people not interesting in bitcoin cash even it's better

great i agree with you its make sense!choose 10eth and get more profit if you invest with your eth or waiting for increase high price is very great and good idea

Thank god at least someone is wise enough to prefer bitcoins over eth. I don’t know who these are people that keep on supporting eth over bitcoins when they know the fact and can’t even deny it that bitcoins are the best digital currencies, and they can never ever be beaten by eth.

10 Ethereum or 1 Bitcoin ?
I prefer 1 Bitcoin because 1 Bitcoin is equal to 12 Ethereum. If you choose 1 Bitcoin than 10 Ethereum, 1 bitcpin is higher than 10 Ethereum.

he say he had 3000$.. he can't buy 1 bitcoin. :D but he can bought 11 eth

I think it is better to have 1 BTC than 10 ETH because as we know BTC is the best and most valuable cryptocurrency of all time so I think it is better to have 1 BTC than 10 ETH.

The system of not putting everything in the same investment is good but once you become good at trading that rule does not need to be followed that strictly, after all, if you see an exceptional opportunity to make money you are not going to pass on that just because you need to spread your investments, you go all in and then enjoy your big profits.

I prefer 10 ethereum instead of 1 bitcoin, why? 10 ethereum may exceed 1 bitcoin, although usually people think 1 bitcoin equals 10 ethereum

 ;D Bitcoin is the king now. People arround the world only care about bitcoin. Maybe ETH will be go up in the future but I think that will need more time

i am an ethereum believer and ethereum hard fork is near. they announce that they run test net already now, ethereum can goes to $1000 after hardfork and start the PoS phase. if you have money to buy 10 ethereum better buy 10 ethereum then 1 bitcoin. but i have no doubt that bitcoin also can goes to $10k at the end of this year.

If for a tactical and fast gain, 10 eth is better, I also wait for eth news like your explanation, but my comment about price increase after eth into POS, will still make the bitcoin price higher, whatever happens to eth will always benefit bitcoin. However I still choose 10 eth for daily trading purposes.

I would´t go for only one. and with 3K i would´nt go to only those two. I would definitly diversify a little more. I like a struture similer to this one.

- 50% BTC, 25% well established alt or ALTS ( can be ETH, but my fav is XMR), 15% Smaller cap/price coins/tokens ( plenty to choose from, DGB, XBY, KMD ), 10% dividend paying token/fund ( my fav is TAAS).

with 3000$ you can buy 0.5 bitcoin and all invest too eth then buy some token. you can make about 500$ in a month when everything comeback

I think keeping 10 ETH would be better than keeping 1BTC because I'm sure ETH will grow stronger in the future than Bitcoin and may be considered as the most potential market in 2018 as ETH has a lot of support many big strategic partners around the world.

with 3000$ i think you can invest to other altcoin. This is better way than invest to ETH and BTC because their price too high for u now

and why not buy 0.5 BTC and 5 ETH ?
it would diversify your wallet and would bet on the 2 main currency  Instead of 1 !!
And with the ETH you can participate in ICO ...

invest all in ETH and buy some token. Trading just like gambling if u still wonder something like this

6 bitcoin cash is better. when bitcoin cash over bitcoin. you will get x10 profit

If Bitcoin fails, it might bring down the entire cryptocurrency market with it. If Ethereum fails, it'll be tough hit, but the market will survive. I'd definitely rather go with Bitcoin

As they say Don't put all your eggs in one basket.... so to be on the safe side i would suggest 50% ether 50% bitcoin.

Given this is an old thread and the prices are now different obviously you'd want 1 BTC because it's worth more. Making the assumption you were to be gifted one and could not sell it for 5 years I would take the ETH. I think it has greater potential to grow and has a greater chance of mass adoption.

I follow amaral in his vision to diversify. Divide your money over bitcoin and several good altcoins such as ETH/XMR/LTC.
The message is: don't put all your eggs in one basket!

Buying btc now seems more profitable than eth. Because bitcoin price is pretty cheap now. I feel optimistic, bitcoin will soon start to rising again.

At $300 per an Ether and $3,000 a Bitcoin would've given you 10 Ether and just one Bitcoin. But I wouldn't touch the 10 Ether with a long pole if I were you. An investment in btc is better than that in ethereum. Bitcoin price can rebound easily and when this happens, it spells profit. This can see you netting more gains than you would even with the 10 Ether.

with that amount of money, i prefer buy bitcoin than ethereum because i'm sure its more worth.

Select both of two currencies between ETH and BTC. Bitcoin is the most stable crypto currency in digital world and it continuously growing in all over the years. ETH is another good crypto currency because nowadays the value of it is growing.

yes i think better invest in bitcoin because we have seen now bitcoin prices continue to increase, unlike the stable ETH or the increase is quite show.

if this is your first investment you'd better go with btc, put your second investment on an alt then

True, for first timers go with Bitcoin if you want to make your first investment rather than an altcoin. Bitcoin is more stable and is always progressing so there are more chances that investing in Bitcoin would be more successful than an altcoin.

Tell me I'm crazy but I have invested 1 btc to btc cloud mining

Almost two months passed but we still continue posting advice )

I split the sum for BTC and altcoins (ETH and others).

Two days ago Ethereum took place segwit event and pushed the price of ETH very high in a short time and this is very interesting because if you own 10ETH then in the next few years you can sell ETH with a very high price because of market is showing signs of going up

If i have that amount i will go for bitcoin. It has better future than ETH in my opinion

Wouldn't it make sense to diversify? Sure bitcoin has growth potential, but what about that of ETH?

The utility value of Ethereum seems like it's going to be huge in the long run. I'm a n00b, so if I'm off, corrections are welcome.

Thanks!

of course 10 eth is better than 1 btc....! its can very profitable and give you extra money because eth is for future invesment and always increase high price years to years

have you ever think invest to other altcoin. 3000$ for stratis will make more money than invest to eth or btc

I will pick 1btc, because i like btc. And for me btc has a great furure than eth. And btc is the father of all cryptocurrency and it is more improve than eth. 

Because the op is probably thinking about maximizing its profits and if he does that  then it is very likely that his profits are not going to be as good as if he choose only one coin, and since the purpose of a trader is to try to get as much profits as possible then I can understand very well why the op is unsure about which coin he is going to choose BTC or ETH.

I utterly agree with you in this regard. We all know that bitcoins are the best ever digital currencies and at present are leading digital currencies for many years. No sensible person is going to buy eth when he can go for bitcoins because everyone wants big profits in short time.

max (1 * btc, 10 * eth)

If the ETH price can be 0.1 BTc in the long term, it is already very good.

This is a tough call, and probably depends on what your plan is for it.  I'm one of those people that don't want to miss out on the boat, so I'll put my money in both.  Guess part of me thinks its safe.  There's opportunity cost galore with this strategy, but, if either rockets, you'll at least be onboard.

1 BTC, ETH will die long-long term

I think that the diversification is most importam. And i prefer to buy both.

I agree with this. Diversification is key in any investment plan. No one knows what's
going to happen in the future, and keeping all your eggs in one basket is just asking
for disaster. Especially with the contentious hard forks coming up, best to spread
your money out. IMO.

Now, we're moving into a new phase where 20 eth will be equal to 1 bitcoin. The old trend was like 8-10 eth for 1 bitcoin when the ether was living its golden age 3 months ago.

I can still prefer ethereum now against bitcoin.

BTC price is rising this week while ETH relatively stable... So I think BTC is better to invest...
But with uncertainty in the future, investing in both will be the safest way I think ~

It's hard to say with all the forks happening, bitcoin fork, eth fork.
I actually think both could be great investments.

My vote is both as well.  I don't see the down side of holding both at all.  The two coins you selected are both strong and will continue to rise.  Others maybe not so much.  I don't think you can go wrong with either.  But, to be safe, just go with some of each.   :)

I would say invest in both, I think you are safe to expect both will continue to rise. Who knows which will rise at a higher rate, so at least if you get a bit of both you will be happy with the results either way. Definitely both are awesome coins with huge investment return potential.

Investment for 5 years requires careful analysis. I choose btc for hold long term investment. Because bitcoin is the best cryptocurrency.

For me both eth and bitcoin though bitcoin is the best investment still I will invest in Eth. Yes holding for a long term with a great value soon. With eth still you can earn profit on holding for a long term.

if for now the bitcoin is very good to invest.
the price of the end of this has increased tremendously.
maybe for the next year BTC prices can more rise again.

I would prefer BTC in the beginning and wait for a while till bearish trend completed for altcoins.... after fork completed i would sell my bitcoin and buy more ethereum.

With such a rise of BTC/USD rate ETH will go to $400 quite soon.

As I understand altcoins rise in fiat price when BTC/USD rate rises because almost all of the altcoins are traded to BTC.

I think when the ratio was 1:10 like a few months ago was at its peak. It is quite unlikely that Ether can reach 0.5 BTC, with this BTC constantly rising

Well at the moment you can buy more than 17 eth with only one btc, so i think that this thread is a little bit outdated. I dont know why ethereum is freezed at $300, it looks like nobody is trading with it, and a lot of people are dumping their eths, just take a look at any exchange and you will see that there are more sellers than buyers in Eth/btc eth/usd markets.
Obviously that Btc is 100 times more better than eth.

Diversification may be important but looking at the trend of things, I will rather go for BTC first and chill out a bit before diversifying.
I feel you though, but ethereum has given me few in a short period compared to what bitcoin has given me. Market is unpredictable anyway and table can decide to fall at any side, so in that case I can just under consideration go for few eth.

If we have to choose one from the both options then definitely second one is more promising in giving benefits and that is why I would also buy bitcoin. Holding it for few weeks can give me hundreds of dollars and that is what I seek in any investment.

More profit in less time. So far, bitcoin has been able to do this. Eth is also a good option but it comes at number two with a large gap with number one.

i think 10 eth is the best compare to 1 btc. actually btc has good demand present but next month eth price going to raise. so you have to prefer to take eth coins.  now eth coins has more demand in the market. you have to invest 5 years or 10 years then you getting more profit. so try to learn few important techniques from coins trading then you have to invest. i think it is good idea. so choice is yous friend.

Three months ago, 10 ETH was made at 1 BTC. I think it is necessary to achieve 8 ETH = 1 BTC.

I can't even begin to comprehend how some people on here devalue Ethereum's protocol even when 40-60% of all alternative tokens are ERC20 or start as ERC20. If anything Satoshi wouldve wanted something like Ethereum to exist in the cryptoworld. BTC and ETH are both symbiotic to one another. Both are great investments and honestly the best route is to diversify your savings 50/50.

Ethereum is the best investment if you can invest for 5 years than minimum 5000$-10000$ increase after 5 years it is my personal feedback.So i prefer only Ethereum not Bitcoin.I am fan of Ethereum.

Ethereum will be very good if it passes through pos.The effect of price is high.If they are 5 Eth = 1 Btc

I prefered eth  ;D

You cant blame them since people do really have different minds when it comes on investment things which id they would able to see a thing on a certain coin they would really stood strong without considering on the possible opportunity on the other side but yet as a wise investor i would really go on 50-50 partition between bitcoin and Eth and i agree on what you have said on which both things are symbiotic on one another.

You can equally spread your budget for smaller rates and buy more eth, which can make your earnings much bigger than investing in one currency.

That is right, we can not know what is the cryptocurrency for the decision of whale!
If they choose Bitcoin while you just invested in Ethereum, you will miss the chance make profits from Bitcoin and reverse. ;)

Ethereum for start.

At this point, buying etherum has the most meaning, what is going on, gives the basis for thinking that someday it will be valued far more than bitcoin.

I think if you bought bitcoin at the time, you might have made much more profit.

At this point will be a good way to buy the bitcoin and you could get free bitcoin segwit2x in the future and dump all of them and you can try to put your free money into the ethereum. that was the best step right now.
To buy the ethereum is quite good.

Ethereum as a start in trading because bitcoin now is too expensive but when the price drops buy some bitcoin it's a good for long term investment.

Consistent on btc surely the value we now meet, big profits. Meanwhile if we invest in ETH, we can't enjoy the moment because ETH continues to weaken.

as shown by the time better 1 bitcoin

At the time you posted this, Bitcoin is the choice there.

But at the time i posted now, ETH is much a better choice and

1 BTC could buy you 20 ETH now :P
For longer term, ETH is much a better choice. Technology wised project = Longer period, Longer time of development = Product

I would go for 1 bitcoin. I know that the price is increasing so why not choose bitcoin and have 7500 dollars quickly in your pocket rather having 10 ETH who is not that popular now.

Many people would go for btc because of his popularity so yeah it is cool.

Yes, you are right, 10 eth is the huge amount rater than 1 bitcoin. Now eth is the best currency in the world. Eth has a bright future , i believe that . Now the price of eth is increasing day by day. So, buy and hold eth no doubly.

bitcoin uses an outdated architecture, I buy it on a trend, in fact, its transactions are very expensive, there are many alternatives to bitcoin, the etherium is cheaper, faster and most importantly it creates many altcoys that are also successful.

I prefer 10 ETH because I think it is more promising and lucrative when compared with the BTC currently that seems very difficult to climb higher than the prices that already exist today.

Both are great top coins and need to have both in a portfolio
so get both in whatever amounts you like.

For now, 1 BTC is much more logical. For 5-10 year long terms, 10 ETH would be more profitable because I believe ETH will start a major trend at some point where we will all be surprised.

$3000 is not enough for 1 BTC. Furthermore, Bitcoin is falling down now and it needs much time to recover. Meanwhile, ETH is rising strongly, So you should invest in ETH now to get profit in short time

If now i prefer etherium. If i got 10 etherium, and 1 etherium price jump $100, it is better than 1 bitcoin with $100 increase in price. So we will have 10x $100 instead of 1x $100.

For me then and now it is just better to have 10 etherum, even if price like now is nearly hitting 800$ it is still better to invest in etherum for me.

Agree with you,next year will be good for etherium,so many new icos coming.

my choice 10 eth..please look 6 month back bitcoin price 4800$.now bitcoin price 16000$.so why not eth 750$ to jump 3000$.so i i think better is hold 10 eth. and enjoy the game.

I hold bitcoin and ethereum since most predictions price of ethereum will do get bigger next year. These two will definitely pump and those who holds and believe will be lucky. Huge profit awaits for those hodlers.

of course 1 btc will be something very valuable for now in compare with 1 eth. based on functionality and price, if comparing between 1 btc with 1 eth, I'm sure people will choose 1 btc.

Last year 10 ETH = 1 BTC di. I hope it will catch the same performance again in February or March.

If we compare the rise in the price of Bitcoin and the etherium, then clearly everyone can be sure that Bitcoin grows much more actively and in a larger percentage than I see. Each investment in Bitcoin today, after some time can double. Although ETH has a much more stable price.

I agree, practically everyone would choose 1 btc over 10 Ethereum based on the huge gap increase of bitcoin from January till December this year so most likely people would think they can benefit more with bitcoin rather than that of Ethereum.

10 is greater than 1 obviously. But then again, 1 BTC is worth a lot..
I prefer 10 ETH, much more steady than boss baby(BTC) and can invest in it peacefully, causing less BP compare to BTC.

Honestly, ETH.

Most people are going to give different answers though.

Until bitcoin is capable of scaling with lower fees, I couldn't even care less to hold any (cue shocked people)

For sure anyone you choose you earn profit because bitcoin and ethereum the progress is good nd for sure it will increase more.  But if you want to make more profit I think you choose ethereum because the price of the ethereum is cheap so it's not hard to double the price unless to bitcoin because of high price it's hard to double the price so your money will not double fastly. But both coin is good to invest.

If would choose an other altcoin instead of eth , bitcoin will have first movers advantage in the next couple of years so if you have to choose i would choose btc.
Eth has better tech now but i think there will be a coin that will work better soon.

Without both of these coins cryptoworld is incomplete as compare to both obviously Bitcoin is leading and by etherum you can grow more income to make income equal to Bitcoin.

Both options will always be a safe heaven for conservative investors, because in a market so full of shitcoins created with the sole purpose of speculating and making money, bitcoin and ethereum have proven to be sustainable projects in the long term and with an international recognition. Perhaps ethereum still has more room to grow than bitcoin, but both options will always be profitable in the long term.

I would choose 1 btc, since 1 btc is equivalent to 25 ETH. so with 1 btc you can buy a lot of good altcoin and can multiply even more in the future. you have to do that in order to get the advantage.

for the short term may be bitcoin but for the long term definitely select ETH dong easier and transparent.

i will choose 10 etherium than 10 bitcoin because etherium is very good for longterm investation and more profitable.
at this time bitcoin too high for me

10 etherium is only equivalent to 0.486998 btc  and that is only 7250.80 dollars but 1 bitcoin is equivalent to 14888.76 dollars  therfor id still go in 1 bitcoin because i can earn much more profit in it. bitcoin is also suitable for long or short term of investment. however etherium is much stable and will guarantee you a more stable income when compared to bitcoin.



bitcoin is also good in both shorter or longer term of investment because as you can see the price of bitcoin is still rising  more and more as the time goes. bitcoin has also made a good gains ever since it was introduced to the public around 2009.


but overall both coins are still needed not only on investment but also on some other usage like for example etherium can be used when trading and bitcoin can be used in buying or sending money.

10 eth is better. :)) believe me. but with 1 btc you can have around 20 eth.

I think we need to split it in half. If both the target Ethereum falls and you take it from the bottom, it means that it is already rising in Bitcoin. My logic is working like this.

To take advantage bit by bit, I think Ethereum is the right choice. However, if we want to be more comfortable in longterm investing bitcoin certainly. Therefore, bitcoin seen from the graph history is always uphill.

if i may, i will choose 1BTC. because, with 1BTC I can use it to buy other coins including ethereum.

which i like about bitcoin is its unstable price. suitable for trade short term

They both will grow but bitcoin will be more profitable than ethereum. I would invest in bitcoins if I have $3000 to invest and there are many speculations that bitcoin will reach $50k in next five years. Ethereum is very stable and it is currently being used as an currency. If you are not sure about bitcoins future then diversify your invest.    

As simple as possible go for bitcoin its so obvious that 1 bitcoin is so much worth in 10 ethereum and sometimes you can earn of bucks by holding in chosen exchanger of forks

10 ETH because of the chance to use it as for token airdrop.

1 Bitcoin currently because I believe there will still be alot of forks. But 10 ethereum 10 years from now

I will suggest,you will go for 5 eth and rest amount put in the bitcoin.

Much below the ETH value against BTC. Of course, the market only determines supply demand.

but what about bitcoin? bitcoin does also a lot of full potential. bitcoin does also have many investors. bitcoin is also infact much more profitable when compared to etherium or any other coins out there. overall i still go on bitcoin because 1 btc is still bigger than 10 eth. even if etherium has given more room to grow, i think it wont still grow big as  much as bitcoin. although i need to agree that etherium is still a veryy important coin because it is like the building blocks of crypto.

Better to diversify:

25% BTC
25% ETH
50% For 10 coins you like from TOP 25 coinmarketcap

But my prediction is completely different because the supply ETH 5Times higher than Bitcoin. So my thought is 5ETH= 1BTC, this is going to be the future of both the bitcoin and Ethereum prices.

I think diversification is the key here, you can 50% of your funds in eth and btc, and remaining 50% in other top ten cryptos, this will make your portfolio balanced, stable and reduce the risk.

I think you can divide your fund. 70% for BTC and 30% for ETH. Do not put all your budget in one coin. Both of them are good coin so you should not be worried about risks

Bitcoin has brought the largest gains so far. But Ethereum is almost as good to invest in, but with smaller returns. So, both are safe to invest in. Maybe invest a third in Ethereum and two thirds in Bitcoin. Holding these two for a longer period will make you good profits.

Because bitcoin is the king of all the other subcoins. It is always a good idea to keep some investment as bitcoin. Because no coin can move independent of bitcoin.

If i were you, i will invest $3000 to Ethereum because i think Ethereum will become big on the next year. I think the Ethereum price can reach to 0.1+ again, who knows though. Stored on myetherwallet is fine actually, just don't forget about you wallet details.

We trust ETH. Its forward techonology will allow us to launch our cryptocurrency GLOBCOIN in January.

In my opinion, it is better if you choose bitcoin to invest in the big part of your money. And also, I think ethereum is the best altcoin and it is a big possibility that seeing its price better and better in the future. In my way of thinking, dividing the money to invest would be the best choice.

I trust both of these coins ethereum and bitcoin. I would prefer to hold every bit of them. But if you need one clear choice I still choose bitcoin over ethereum for long range holding..

Yes i think so. because BTC  is mother coin in the world so we can say  undoubtedly BTC is better than ETH. Bitcoin price is now so much high and bitcoin price is increasing day by day. bitcoin will be more popular and more effective  in the future .

What words everyone says and virtually every bitcointalk user believes that the etherium and Bitcoin are more promising, but at the same time they are considering alternative options to minimize their risks.

We keep money in several coins.
We would advise buying HHEM, bitcoin, ethereum and different kinds of altcoins.
This will give a high level of income with a high level of security.

10 (or 3/0.75=4) ETH and half (or 3/15 = 0.2) BTC is good, but 0.1 BTC + 2 ETH is safer

Bitcoin now is going to be the main coin, so Ethereum have some perspectives, but won't become the biggest

of course bitcoin better than eth. ethereum there is no value without bitcoin
for long time if saving bitcoin is profitable and best choice
i think you can be milyader if saving bitcoin for 5 more years

I've been saying that Ethereum can never be passed or I think it will be short. How long can we have Ripple up?

btc will remain the first, the most reliable. But if taking into account potential to rise, i believe it is with eth

Both are safe ones for now.
But if Ethereum price just follows the market rice.
If Ethereum start to rise because his improvements than it will go up many times.
But hey 2017 was an amazing year for Eth.

Hmm. I will choose 10 ethereum than 1 bitcoin, because ethereum is good for long-term investation and more profitable.
At this time, bitcoin is too high. In general, Ripple burns!

Ethereum is a very good altcoin at this moment but Bitcoin is the main and the best cryptocurrency for all time till now and will be at the future I think. Most of the people trust and invest into bitcoin and get benefit from it. 1 bitcoins price is more than 10 or more ethereums price and bitcoin gives us the highest benefit than any other alts though it is more risky than ethereum so if you can take the risk and want more benefit and keep your money at long term then you can invest into bitcoin. Bitcoin has almost doubled its price a few days ago and it will be increase more so you have to take the right decision which is suitable for you.

For me both of this coins are good to invest for a long term profit. But bitcoin now is too expensive to buy and invest . Etherium is the best to buy at the moment because its value is not too high and it does not reach $1000. In a couple of years etherium will boom on its value and it can double or triple its profit. 1 bitcoin today is equavalent to almost 10x the etherium.

The Original is always better than alternative !
Cryptocoin is not a religion. Those etherium fanatics will see themselves disappointed over and over because other altcoins will ruin etherium.

Of course, I would choose a bitcoin, because at present a bitcoin is much higher than 10 Etherum. With 1 bitcoin you can spend a whole lot of money to buy 10 Etherum and the rest you can still buy other altcoins. Regardless of how good new altcoins are, the bitcoin position in the bitcoin market will not be a substitute.

If I will choose between the two, I will choose 1 BTC and hold and use it for a long-term hold. Because BTC is growing faster than ETH even though you multiply it by ten, 1 BTC will still win.

I prefer the ethereum due course in future more will be promising ethereum than bitcoin. and it could also bitcoin will drop away from the current price.

If I were you I would invest in ETH because the price is still a lot lower than bitcoin and i think the flippening will happen soon maybe in 2018, ethereum will have a lots of new update...no more proof of work mining, faster transaction ...etc

of course, prefer 10 ethereum because price alone can already compete with other coins. In addition, ethereum also will certainly be more than the price in bitcoin of course.

I think 1 btc would be better than 10 et karna with the current price is still far when compared with eth, btc may add value to you

5 months elapsed. Do not know if you have invested ETH or BTC. But at the present time, of course buy 10 ETH. Because 2018 ETH can increase to $ 2,000 per ETH and will not stop. I think in 2018 BTC will not grow as strongly as in 2017. Therefore investing in ETH is reasonable

Completely agree with you buddy.
Ethereum is actually a good coin to invest with.
But comparing it to bitcoin, ofcourse I will go in BTC.
It has a higher price and an ability to grow faster.
While ethereum is a steady coin, that increase little by little.
So, if im going to choose I will go with the bitcoin and support it until the end.

Bitcoin is my favorite. I think Bitcoin is much better than ETH.And Bitcoin will be very expansive from 10 ETH.It will take as much time to increase the price of ETH, I do not think it will take that time to increase the price of Bitcoin.

More profitable, all the same, there will be 1 btc well, at least if I have correctly calculated yes and I like btc more

ETH will be better, note how many coins in top 100 are based on ethereum

I'would like to see btc break the 50k in 2018.

For btc, $50k border is a hard one but it's possible still. We saw it broke the $19k border down last year. It could do this easily with a market support behind. To answer the question, I would go for 1 btc at the moment.

Personally I think that with BTC futures being traded the bankers will try to kill off bitcoin and now they can legally do it. We have just witnessed a great short.

ETH is in bed with businesses but they will want to see it grow as it is not a direct threat (although it is) to big business. They will learn to harness it and use it to increase their profits.

So with that being said buy ETH

I had the decision to make when I first got into crypto to buy 2 btc @ 500 each or 100 ETH.  I chose the ETH but did invest more and picked up dash and btc. All of them have been great investments

Both of them can make you a rich man in a few years. But for this you must be patient. And I recommend you buy bitcoin and ETH. It seems to me that this will be correct ;)

But you know that with 10 etherum he will earn more cause etherum will be one of the most "pumped" coins in 2018 imo and 10 etherum is much better than buying one bitcoin.

Split it and consider both? I mean it could be that bitcoin skyrockets but Im afraid of its outdated tech. Ethereum will always have new Dapps.

I will choose 1 BTC, because choosing BTC is a great way to get more profit and its huge value.

For now, I will surely picked Ether, the demand for ICOs is on the rise and will continue to drive the price of Ether up, because most of these tokens will be locked up, another token set for a good year is NEO IMO because there are like 25 ICOs coming up on it this first quarter

I would prefer ethereum. This does not mean that bitcoin will not grow, but I think that ether will increase faster in a percentage ratio.

Ya I am very agree with you, that EtH is better than BTC for now. Beside it's Personally, I believe that eth is more than a currency. And Eth has a specific niche it's filling.

ETH has still many things to do to get the supremacy of the entire crypto market. We can't say it's simply better than BTC. We need to have more development from ETH this year.

i would advise you to invest 50 % in WAVE ,50% in eth bitcoin price is not stable right now even with eth\wave try to enter at low value .

good assets but it is unlikely that it will correctly invest 50% of its deposit in 1 asset. This is very risky. I think that investments from 5-10% are the most optimal. In some more risky assets you can invest less than 3%

Recently, too, began to invest in the airwaves as I believe that it will show a little better than bitcoin

I compare the bitcoin and eth prices at the moment. eth prices in few months continue to grow. and btc prices have increased in the last few months and currently the price of btc is down. if I have the funds, I will invest my money in for 2 coins . I will invest in eth and btc. both of them is really good to invest.

Btc price is predicted to reach usd 100K this year.. having said that, i will still choose ETH due to its potential.. it has smart contract, faster and cheaper transaction..also theres a lot of top token that are based on ETH platform..i believe ETH will dethrone BTC soon

Well in today's situation, 1 btc is almost equal to 10 eth. But, it's still good to invest with bitcoin since bitcoin continuously increasing its value even its going down for a while. 

I agree with ETH is a lot better than Bitcoin, it has a lot more functionnality, if bitcoin reach 100k then the fee are going to be really crazy, they need to fix the fee first and then maybe bitcoin can go to 100k. I hope lightning network will fix this issues

You sure maybe you are right about bch but his question was between eth and btc and if you compare the profitability well btc rose from i guess $7k or something around this price and eth was $300.
Today btc is $10k let's assume he would have made 2 times the profit but eth had increased by 4 times so well if he did follow my guidance he would have $10k currently.

I would rather buy 10 Ethereum instead of 1 Bitcoin. I always like it. I miss many opportunities. Now I have to make the right investment.

10 ETH more promising and has a great future ahead of it on with BTC. coin ETH valued more in the future has the potential to earn large fortunes and ETH is also the right coins for future investment.

I recommended to but both. buy bitcoin and ethereum
both coin is the best in the cryptocurrency and possible you can get a lot of money.

The holding of 10 ETH than 1 Bitcoin will be more beneficial in future. Because Bitcoin already surpasses its initial position. But I am not intending to do not buy Bitcoin. Buy but the possible quantity.

If seen last in the second graph the coins this is really really different. bitcoin is very difficult to go up while etherum already provide plenty of profit to investors so I guess choosing 10 ethereum is the right choice to invest.

I think ETH is far more better than BTC

I think we need rephrase the topic name to 0.26 BTC or 3 ETH because Topicstarter has only 3k$  :)
Divide your investements to equal parts:

25% in BTC
25% in ETH
25% in 3 Alts from TOP15
25% in 5-10 coins you like

Now I would choose 1 Bitcoin. It seems to me that today is a very important day for bitcoin and a new benchmark. Now there will be growth up and conquest of new peaks. I feel sorry for those people who did be in time to buy bitcoin at a low price.

I would probably choose 10 ETH as for me they look better than bitcoin but who knows what can happen in time

i would go for 10 ETH as the usability is higher and simply the fees are lesser than bitcoin to move them around, it's good time for ETH though considering the recent crash and bitcoin are generally for long term hold which doesn't profit your 3000$ much, you wouldn't expect another 1000% growth on bitcoin in the recent times when things are so overpriced now.

I think 5 years is too long to hold without checking the price. I think we need to check the price run several time in one month.
Anyway, i will choose etherium rather than bitcoin because the price of etherium is way cheaper.

10eth is bigger now than 1 bitcoin. Imagine since this thread is created it is impossible for eth to go up to its current price right now. I know now the value of holding coins that has a good future.

What? 1 bitcoin is more bigger than 10 Ethereum. 1 ethereum = 0.09 btc, 10 ETH = 0.9 BTC so 1 bitcoin is bigger than 10 eth. If i must choose, i prefer 1 bitcoin than 10 ethereum, because it's more worth it and if i had money, i will invest my money in 1 bitcoin.

it is a difficult question because I like investing in both, but because I have to choose then I will choose to invest in ethereum, maybe because the price is cheaper then I believe the opportunity to get more profit than by investing in bitcoin

Both of them can make you a rich man in a few years. So, you should buy 5 ETH and 0.5 BTC.

Perhaps Ethereum will soon be valued. But now the king is Bitcoin. And ethereum is now only prince. We don't know when the king will give its place. But I know that when come that day we should be with the prince. Therefore, when investing, take care to keep both of them in your wallet. Just choosing one isnt right for me. Buy bitcoin with half your money, buy ethereum with half your money. I think this is the most correct one.

I would prefer to hold every bit of them. I trust both of these coins ethereum and bitcoin.

In today's trading, having 10ETH is more profitable. Because, ETH in this year i believe will experience a higher value increase again.

better if he do this advice wayback when this post was made.whe both coins having their lowest prices.and this is the same time that i wish i bought those coins so i wont have this regrets of not riding the train.anyway hope that the 70/30 in favor of bitcoin advice is what he did

ETH is better from another point of view . But, if I was told to choose 10 Eth or 1 BTC. My answer is 1 BTC. Now, BTC is much more valuable

Well, btc is more valuable (though eth is valuable too), but eth can give more rise, I think

If Ethereum goes anywhere close to succesfully implementing any of the impactful upgrades to their network as they have pending for 2018(Casper,plasma etc) then 1k per ETH seems VASTLY undervalued. I would say if such thing happens then I wouldnt be suprised to see ETH grab the #1 position from BTC. Compare that to BTC and I just dont see how it can outpace BTC's growth (not saying it wont grow at all ofcourse).

Ethereum has much more potential for a price increase. It's value is much lower than bitcoin.

would have preferred 1 bitcoin since he would quickly achieve his price mark than the ether and at a cost he is much higher

10 NEO!

To be honest, this is a difficult choice for me, as I like the ether and bitcoin, I would have chosen both options if there was such an opportunity

even if you take into account the huge drop in Bitcoin to date, even with these indicators, eth can not yet compare. But this is about the price, but as for the functional, the etherium can have advanced positions in the future.

ETH baby!

Ethereum has more room to grow, imo at this point. Bitcoin has serious scaling and fee issues it needs to deal with.

In connection with the popularity of ICO-projects, the ethereum course has every chance to beat the mark of 2 thousand dollars by the end of 2018.

10 ETH

I'd say 1 BTC, just because it seems to have more of a public positive market psychology stigma. ETH is definitely going to rise exponentially as well, though.

 'cause I'm also holding eth for I perceive a potential on this coin that soon it's value will pump higher like bitcoin does.

the practicality of the etherium is not even worth talking about, because everyone knows about it. But what are the positive aspects of Bitcoin? To date, the price has dropped significantly on Bitcoin, but even 10,000 dollars for me it is not clear, What is the secret or what is the value of bitcoin? so I definitely bet on the etherium.

I have no doubt that ethereum is currently the most consolidated currency and preferred by new investors, because it has proven to be an altcoin with much greater potential and with greater advantages than bitcoin, in fact at the moment I have started to prefer to ethereum as store of value, so at this moment bitcoin only represents 30% of my investments in coins, when a few months ago it meant 90%

If I prefer 10 ETH because today many markets use ETH including ICO, all payments are via ETH , so there is a big chance to invest in ETH .

I want to invest at Eth also.. It keeps reminding me Ico are good for investment now a days and all project are good as well..

If I were you, my investment would be like this: %25 Bitcoin %25 ethereum %25 Waves %25 Utrust token

If I am in order picking 10 or 1 ethereum bitcoin I chose 1 bitcoin and 50% of the bitcoin I would invest so that I could make it again and I was living in the House to sit back waiting for the price of the bitcoin peaked and I was going to sell him. 

I agree with you, though btc is the mother of other altcoins, But there are so nany drawbacks including high transfer fee and low speed. So I think ETH is more promising.

10 ETH now worth the same in BTC.

If it's a long term investment then I suggest you to buy 1 BTC. But if you want to cash out this year then probably 10 ETH would be a better choice. Many people predict that 2018 will be a good year for Ethereum because it is used more and more for various smart contracts and ICO projects, so it is likely that ETH will rise more than Bitcoin in 2018.

too bad OP is not reply anymore
i want to know if he/she already follow people suggestion here
july is good thing for BTC, not ETH
but now it is dump too deep, back again at last year price before higher pump

but for me BTC is always good thing first

Both coins are good for a long term investment and with minimum risk. But I'd choose BTC - 20%, ETH - 20%, other only perspective coins from top 200 - 40% and 10% to new coins from ICO with Hard cap goal.

ETH more promising than bitcoin. The more tokens on ETH will appear, the more popular it will be

I think it is better to keep 10 ETH than 1 BTC. The Ethereum is very promising altcoin. I think that the capitalization ETH will soon have more capitalization of BTC.

If you bought Bitcoin, it could be more profitable. The price of Ethereum did not go up. Last year's forecast was $ 2500, but not even close.

Bitcoin is the major and first crypto currency that is trending all round the crypto market, ETH is another growing coin out there too with good potentials for the future, which can also be seen as an alternative to bitcoin. As you are making your investment for a long run of 5years and putting it on a cold storage wallet, ETH will be good, cause it's price is rising gently, and for a 5 years run, it will be a good investment.
But, I will say splitting your investment for them both, for this long run will be more profitable, than putting all for one.

I would buy an ETH for $ 3K instead of bitcoin. Now the price of ETH-BTC has significantly decreased. And unfortunately, all crypto-currencies are falling. Prophesy mad recession course bitcoin. If btc falls, the price of ETH will do the same. Or maybe it's better to take a piece of bitcoin and a pair of ETH?

Ethereum is developing very well. So the Ethereum infrastructure has become so common that it gives Ethereum the power to build its own market.

Both eth and btc the best to spread your investment. 1btc and 10 eth it has been valuable and profitable in the long term investment. Eth could vary the price to be huge when you hold it long term. Btc price can be double or more than the current price today. So both for me eth and btc.

You've got yourself a fine money out there, be sure to invest in a wise way. Well if I would choose between the two, it would probably Bitcoin. It's tested and proven, congested network traffic or not, still many people have high hopes for it, the mainstream is. I am not saying that eth has no chance of getting higher or even over taking BTC, but I just feel that BTC is a wise one to have in your wallet.

I agree, I'd say we better split 50:50 for BTC and ETH.. both are a good investment for the future..

But if you ask me to choose, I think ETH would probably give more benefit in the future, as ETH showed a better performance in this early days of 2018

For the market like this. Better buying 10 ethereum than 1 bitcoin. Especially ethereum hard fork is near and when ethereum move to proof of stake and we need ethereum for staking. I predict ethereum price could goes up break $2000 mark when casper launch or one month after casper launch.

Both choices will give you good grounds for profit of your investment. Especially that your investment is planned for five years in minimum, you are well groomed to be receiving a good deal of gains in the future. In a year's time, Ethereum or Bitcoin will assure you at least x5 growth. That is the least it could give you. It might even go much higher. If I were you, divide your investment in two and invest one part for Bitcoin and the other in Ethereum.

10 eth is great if you have it or invest, because eth is very profitable in year to year. the price is fast growing.
if 1 btc alone maybe will unbeatable with 10 eth

I would go to 10 Ethereum. although ethereum price is slowly going up, i am sure it will reach also to 3000 usd to 5000 usd in the near future. Mostly ico's are using Ethereum as there base payment, also Erc20 token are increasingly rapidly. Therefore i would invest in ethereum rather bitcoin now because the price is to high now.

10 ETH without a doubt, much higher gains to be had!

10 eth is better  because i can see that Eth is Pumping in this year while Bitcoin is
not so good atm.

Etherum is widely used by various projects as well as platforms, this is what makes Etherum more widely used. In contrast to Bitcoin because bitcoin is more widely used to perform various financial transactions. For Etherum investment does show the opportunity to give us a considerable profit in the future, but Bitcoin also have the same opportunity. I will choose both and divide the portion by a uniform count. I will take the opportunity of both, I want to be able to take success and I want to live happily from the decision that I take.

I prefer to ETH because a lot of bounty that payment using ETH.
But on the other hand many are eyeing BTC because the market movement is very good for BTC

In my opinion, the etherium is a more promising crypto coin than bitcoin. All crypto projects basically take the etherium, this crypto coin has a brilliant future.

Of course ten cryptonet etherium is better than one bitcoin, I think by the end of 2018 we will see a price of 2000 dollars.

BTC and ETH moves in different ways, have different agenda and different risk factors
https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/bitcoin/usd
https://www.coingecko.com/en/price_charts/ethereum/usd
Opt for half of both to get exposure to both and hedge against each other

5 years is quite a long time. Perhaps dividing the money 50-50 is the best solution.

I trust both of these coins ethereum and bitcoin and prefer to hold every bit of them.

That is right. I hold both of them. I also hold ZEC, Bitcoin Cash and Monero.

I would definitely go with ethereum at the moment. It’s not because i lost my trust in bitcoin but because growth speed of ethereum will probably be better this year.

Neither. Invest in EOS instead! (or if you have to choose one, Ether definitely)

In my opinion, you should invest in both ETH and BTC. You can reduce your risks and increase your profit. But I think that you have to hold them in long term. Do not panic sell

10 ETH all the way

You do not have to choose. They are both good to invest actually. But I suggest investing more in Ethereum since it is cheaper than Bitcoin. You can buy more of it and can gain more if it triples its value this year. Then try to look for other coins that are lower than $200. There are still lots of potential coins that I am pretty sure will grow this year.

BTC and ETH are good, but slow transaction confirmation times and a thoroughly congested network. If you want more profit, then invest in other more promising altcoins.

I think you can invest all the coins and choose another powerful coin think about it.
Find a new coin which can be new ethereum. But if i were you i choose eth.

What do you think of Bitcoin Cash?

It's early for me to get an ethereum now.I think Ethereum will return to 0.03 bitcoine again in the near future.So we should wait.If bitcoin starts to increase then we will see what happens.

Bitcoin has such a charm that there is no recipe. I do not support emotional connection with any project. But Bitcoin is over it. It's not just a currency. For this reason, the more I believe Ethereum, the more logical it is to keep the BTC. At the very least, the BTC can be large.

If the price of bitcoin falls to the level of $5000 then for such amount of money you will be able buy 2 bitcoins))) I think that bitcoin is better in this situation. This coin is now in a very deep drawdown. And this is a good time to buy it imo.

This is the right time to buy the bitcoin in the present situation because the value of bitcoin decreased a lot in the market. So people who wants to buy Eth it is going to be bad idea and buy bitcoin in the present condition.

I would prefer to buy 10 ethereum  to buy 1 bitcoin. when I look at market trends, I want to repeat what I said before. the price of ethereum will generally be 1 in 10 of the price of bitcoin. but I think this progress will change in the future. for this reason I prefer to be more ethereum. Ethereum basically works on the same technological basis as bitcoin. This crypto money has been developed with decentralized blockchain technology, such as bitcoin, which enables encrypted and secure transactions. why do not I prefer the ethereum that I think will be valued more in the future? as a matter of course, I prefer to have more ethereum

ITT Most people advise buying either bitcoin or ether. ETH always seems more resistant to pressure. But in any case - to lurch from one extreme to another is a bit shortsighted. Even considering that this is a fairly small amount, why don't you just diversify it into several assets? It's the same elementary rules of financial management - don't put all your eggs in one basket.

If you invest it and wait for 5years will your $3000 would be multiplied many time's for its my own prediction but we know that bitcoin or even eth for almost a year from now will be more precious. And that would my basement for prediction that i have, because we all don't know yet what will be the tomorrow's come for us users.

Bitcoin will rise slowly according to ethereum so I want to get ethereum, but for example neo or neblio will bring much money. So why we are investing to ethereum or bitcoin now

I think you shouldnt invest one coin. You can divide your money and buy 5eth and 0.5 btc that way is better i think.

Bitcoin is the king of all cryptocurrencies.
I will appreciate 1BTC though ETH is also good
But I will prefer 1BTC

Still is not too late to buy bitcoin now even though the price is +$2k within the past of 24-48hours
Ethereum is a good platform and we all see that many coins are using the Ethereum to build their token and use their infrastructure to run their token which is good of course because the network of ethereum is getting more and more popular which makes people use more and invest more in ethereum.
I knew about ethereum when it was $18 and when I firstly started to learn about the mining and how to mine ethereum, I was sceptic but now highly motivated to invest in ETH.

It's not too late at all, if bitcoin can return to a bullish momentum investors could enjoy near 100% profits in a matter of weeks. Longer term Ethereum is the way to go (IMO) but right now bitcoin has a much bigger upside and any spare capital I have is going there.

I'd say out all of it in Bitcoin. Bitcoin's market value have been dumped more than half of its higher market value so practically ,it will be more profitable once its market value starts to rise along with your investment. Just further add to also have an investment with etherium since it is also a good investment which .arket value is potent to be higher.

I think etherium will be a better choice. 30 ETh is a gold investment to hold since Etheroum's market value is cutted into half due to the continuous backdrops recently. And now that it is stadting to recover, profit will be earned once it has fully recovered from the dump. Just conrinue investing and holding. Patiently wait for the cryptomarket to recover.