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Over the past few years, Bitcoin has become the hallmark of crypto currencies, being the first popular currency as well as the most popular, and has attracted many to invest. Bitcoin has made quite a few millionaires, and has attracted the watchful eye of governments and rich entrepreneurs alike.

As bitcoin rose in value, it spurred the creation of many other cryptocurrencies, including litecoin, Dash and ZCash. However, among the thousands of alternative coins, or altcoins, none have gained as much traction as a new competitor who entered the market early 2015: Ethereum. Similar to other currencies in the sense it was probably inspired by Bitcoin, Ethereum, provides a key additional function that many other currencies lack: uses outside of a peer to peer transaction base.

But does Ethereum really have the potential to overtake Bitcoin?

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Yes, ethereum most definitely can. If they manage to scale faster and better, it might end up being the most used coin, and that would drive the price up to the point where it would become the #1 cryptocurrency in terms of market cap.

Bitcoin has the brand advantage, most of the "average joes" that have heard of it have yet to understand of even know that Ethereum exist... But it can't rely solely on this fact for the upcoming 5-10 years.

I think the price of ETH will not be higher than BTC, because BTC is the core of all crypto, without exception ETH compete with other Altcoin, maybe ETH price will be higher than other Altcoin price. So do not ever expect the ETH price to exceed the BTC price as it will not be possible.

This is can be happen in the future because Ethereum can be bigger than Bitcoin in the future, as we know founder of ETH Vitalik Buterin is jenius, he will always looking for other new idea to development ETH platform so that more popular and more usefull for blockchain community.

Never. Try to understand the concept of "store of value".

There is a possibility but look at how many hacks and mistakes there have been. With so many updates and changes in ethereum, the security is compromised. My bet is more on Bitcoin staying on top but Eth will be at top 10.

ethereum will never overtake the Bitcoin
this can't be happend now or in the future, because bitcoin is the king and king will always be a king mate  ;)

Ethereum will never over take bitcoin because its not meant as a store of value or used as transferring money.

Anything can happen in the cryptocurrency world and It’s certainly possible that one day Ethereum could overtake Bitcoin. The fate of Bitcoin is being heavily debated prior to the B2X hard fork, while Ethereum is quietly gaining more and more traction in the background.

I think Ethereum can not overtake bitcoin but it can overtake all existing altcoins simply because as of now it provides the most acceptable and valuable market exchange value.

At least that will take a lot of journey for ethereum to surpass the bitcoin. Rather than think about the possibility of the ethereum to surpass the bitcoin and that will better for ethereum to gain the more market dominance. it might be a best step. because we are all know about the fact the bitcoin gets the more dominance in the crypto market since the big pump.

still dont think this is possible as both different in usage. and it will not be realistic to compare both. but ETH sure will be the leader in Alts for the upcoming future.

nothing set in stone, but big holders of btc will try to keep this from happening I would think

Ethereum is now the number one altcoin and will forever be behind the bitcoin.

I think it's  a big no. Since bitcoin is the first crypto currency, people who knew and use it settle on that cryptocurrency and didn't want to use altcoins. Not all of us wanted to invest in crypto, some just use in for convenience. Ethereum really are a great alternative coin that has been created but it will and always will remain in the shadow of bitcoin. That's what i thought.

Whenever eth exits the influence of bitcoin then eth has the hope of surpassing bitcoin. Bitcoin has a price adjustment that eth is like most altcoin are strongly influenced by the increase or decrease of bitcoin

There is nothing impossible in world of cryptocurrency and no one surely know what alt would prevail or die tomorrow due to price volatility. The might be chance that someday eth would overtake btc but I dont see it happen in near  future.

It possible happen to ethereum overtake the bitcoin we don't know what is possible happen in the next day about bitcoin. But the speculation is still there I think this altcoin second place with bitcoin but not totally overtake. Bitcoin now is very popular many stablishment and companies using bitcoin across the countries. So there's no reason bitcoin behind that ethereum, both of them are good no need to choose much better you them all.

Nobody can have the exact answer here, but should Bitcoin take huge blows from the media and then big entities (life governments) that control a massive amount of people, then Ethereum might take over. But in my opinion this is unlikely to happen, not now, not ever. But then this is just my 2 cents worth of opinion.

Bitcoin will still the one on top, and I think ethereum will overtake bitcoin. It will not happen for now or in the upcoming days,months that it will overtake. Still bitcoin is the highest price than other cryptocurrency.

Nothing is predictable in the crypto market because I never expect that ETH will reach to 300$ but it has surpassed the value. May be it cannot able to beat the Bitcoin but it will secure significant value in the market.

Ethereum overtake Bitcoin ?
it will never can be because no matter what Bitcoin itself is a symbol for the cryptocurrency,
if you ask people out there about cryptocurrency or digital currency they will tell you about Bitcoin not Ethereum.
in other word Ethereum will never can overtake Bitcoin place,
a new users will choose Bitcoin as an investment because they're only know about it,
after a few months they reliaze a new thing such as ETH,XRP and others.
slowly they're investing their money into it too,but another Bitcoin users come in and replace an old one.
so Eth will not overtake Bitcoin

the possibilities is always there. we dont know maybe not only ethereum but some other altcoin can overtake. I remind also that bitcoin always affect the price of altcoins. since bitcoin is the mother of all digital currency

Nope. We honestly do not need dApps or smart contracts. All we need right now is a functional cryptocurrency with a strong community support and lots of recognition worldwide. I don't think that it is disputed that bitcoin is the #1 crypto.

And it'll remain that way, unless Ethereum steps up their game big time. As the founder said, ETH isn't even a currency.

Bitcoin has the most potential out of every single altcoin in my opinion.

Ethereum is not only an altcoin but an ecosystem so it's still very potential
But I think it will never overtake Bitcoin cause bitcoin is Bitcoin but other cryptocurrencies are just called altcoins

There is a possibility of this happening, but I don't believe it will be quite soon.

It will take at least 1-2 years from now.

It's unlikely, at least for the foreseeable future - unless BTC keeps forking every few months and undermines trust.

I’m more than negative about this happening honestly. This is not only true for ethereum but all coins. I’m very confident that bitcoin will always top other coins in value but that doesn’t make ethereum any less valuable of course.

Ethereum is great and is the best altcoin so far but to me it's s long way from reaching the level of bitcoin

So many coins have come and gone that claimed to be superior thatn Etherium or even claimed that they would overtake the market cap or value in USD that bitcoin has. Most of them do not even exist today. So no, although eth is popular and all, but it would never be able to take over bitcoin.

That will a bit difficult caused by the ethereum is not match with the bitcoin adoption. a lot of people are familiar with the bitcoin itself and the fact that the price of bitcoin was really high  and about the comparable of the marketcapitalization and it looks impossible in my opinion, but the result will depend on the growth of the public adoption for the every coin itself.

There's a chance but it's too small. Overtaking Bitcoin will require hundreds of thousands of investors meaning, if Bitcoin's value is dropping then some investors were looking upon to some alternative coins that has potential of Bitcoin's success. I think not only Ethereum has the potential on overtaking Bitcoin, some Altcoins do as well. having a good developers and support will make an altcoin rise their values.

I think Ethereum have the power to overtake btc it have the same quotation that btc's using it might somehow someday

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You're right in some point but when people started to realize that not only Bitcoin can give them high investment profits but also other Altcoin does, they need to be educated that there are some promising altcoins that is worth more investments than Bitcoin. Ethereum perhaps the one who can overtake Bitcoin and so does altcoins.

No eth can't never defeat bitcoin, cause bitcoin in the first cryptocurrency and its the number 1 cryptocurrency right now.

I think No, because BTC have less supply than ETH... It's harder to got a single BTC than ETH...

This subject of the debate is stupid and desperate by the Ethorium bagholders, where and when this question is asking. To answer this question, no.

Rock is more abundance and useful than gold but don't mean rock overtake gold in price anytime.

if something can beat bitcoin sure it is ethereum,

I think Ethereum can't overtake the bitcoin

Thats right possiblility is inevitable.
Bitcoin has found its own way to grow but ethereum has been doing that too in its own way in the alternate cryptocurrencies.
But time will take to be long, as it was not the first like bitcoin. I agree with 10 years but there is also possibility that ethereum wont be able to surpass bitcoin.
Again possibilities is many but chances varies.

My answer is yes. There is nothing bitcoin is used for that ethereum can not also be used for. The smart contract capacity of ethereum network for all intent and purpose make ethereum to valuable more than bitcoin or in terms of real life use.

Ethereum is the second coin that is currently popular after bitcoin is true that Ethereum has become one of the magnets for investors who want to invest in crypto. The fundamental question of what you have explained above is whether Ethereum will be able to grab bitcoin to be the first crypto currency and to match bitcoin in the future. Based on the above question I think my prediction for that is that until now there will not be any of the other coin types that will be able to exceed the bitcoin value to date. I can summarize this because I think bitcoin is an icon where the very first crypto type in the crypto world is a virtual investment that most investors demand for investing. this I say because based on history where from the beginning of the growth of bitcoin as crypto currency and then followed by some other altcoin species and until now can not match the greatness of bitcoin. and then I think that nowadays there are many people who want to run an offline business with payment system using bitcoin, and I think that also makes bitcoin can be very great until now. with the presence of this, of course, this means it will make the demand for bitcoin more and epeknya of course will further strengthen the value of bitcoin itself.

This is a great discussion.   How does BTC having a limited supply and ETH does not affect the future market cap of the two coins?

No altcoin can surpass bitcoin they're even having a hard time proving theor worth especially bitcoin has gained much attraction from merchants and other countries accepted it. In terms of price value and market cap with $120 billion it has far surpassed altcoin and at the same time decreasing they're price.

No Ethereum will never overtake Bitcoin. There can be only one market leader and Bitcoin will be the only one

in my opinion, yes, ethereum have the possibility to outpace bitcoin.Just like bitcoin,  ethereum may explode in value,it has many capabilities compared to what bitcoin can do.  Ethereum has more chance to be the representative and the typical cryptocurrency of the society, because of its features like being used for building applications and the transactions can be done within just a minute, although Bitcoin is more valuable . Ethereum's value didnt spike yet like bitcoin but it is prefered because of it being stable,also anyone can mine ethereum which is not possible in bitcoin but it is high risk high reward.  

I don't think it could overtake bitcoin at all.  Ethereum's problems are worse than that of bitcoin ie. scalability and security. Another thing is bitcoin has always been the pioneer of cryptocurrency so it is just as natural that newbie investors would put their money in it first, Ethereum being only an option.

Although Ethereum is a good coin but I don’t think Ethereum can overtake Bitcoin. BTC is the market leader and always be.

Well, if things like this keep happening, it will be a long time yet before ETH can claim the mantle of crypto king.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/08/cryptocurrency-300m-dollars-stolen-bug-ether

Ethereum can grow high but never will be better than bitcoin. Always will be second. Bitcoin is first and probably last coin whose will be so much worth

I think Yes but not today. Some Altcoins has the potential of being the next Bitcoin in the future. Bitcoin is the most expensive cryptocurrency today so people could only afford Altcoins for their investments.

If Ethereum would Overtake Bitcoin, it would be the beginning of the end for cryptocurrency. ETh= TOKEN, BTC = COIN.

I think only ethereum has the potential to compete with bitcoin, maybe the ethereum is still very stable and only slightly increased. but maybe in the next 3-4 years, ethereum will be something big as do bitcoin. ethereum only takes time to reach it all, I am very sure of it.

Yes ethereum is the one of the coin that can compete but in the way on surpassing bitcoin i dont think so that ethereum can do that i always trust on bitcoin and ethereum but not in a way that i beleive that it can surpass bitcoin , they have both make a name here ethereum stand by itself no oofend but not in a way to surpass the number and most trusted coin.

The etherium of the transaction is faster than that of bitcoin, this gives him a chance to become a leading coin compared to other crypto-currencies.

It has huge flip potential and I strongly support it. There are still many bugs behind it but Vitalik is really doing a great job. I do believe it has potential to be really big, even bigger than it is now but only time will tell.
Even though bitcoin is bound to be number 1, it will soon become a valuable asset not for trading purposes.

In software industry, dev can update their product anytime, anywhere. Software in blockchain are inamovible because the blockchain is decentralised. It need a lot of security. Whitout it, you have DAO, parity etc. So, keep it simple or do better audit. It can be a hardtime for ethereum if it doesn't found a proper balance for smart contract.

This is absurd. Ethereum already had a hard fork and it's about to implode when it switches to Proof of Stake, if it makes it that far. Look at what happened with Parity. More and more people are trusting the Ethereum network less and less and this will be the end of it soon. This is what happens with centralized money and young immature develops who think they're experienced.

Exactly, Bitcoin is Powerful than altcoins, Since Most of The Countries in the World are adopting Bitcoin and some of it are shown off that Bitcoin can be use for the Progress of Economy, Even thou Bitcoin's Value Goes Down, The Price of Altcoin cannot  be Equal To Bitcoin. I have Been Into Any Other Project's Like Participating Campaign that Pays in Bitcoin that Become Successful Why? Because  Bitcoin Developers of New coin Cannot Promote Their Project Succesfully if They Pay In Alts.

Ethereum cannot Beat Bitcoin Because Bitcoin proves a lot Than Ethereum and any altcoins.

I think it might be because we do not know the future of Bitcoin will decline or even rise again.

I dont think ethereum will overtake bitcoin. Bitcoin is the highest in terms of its value other than altcoins. And ofcourse the most use and more supports from the users. Though etheruem is the next yet bitcoin is still the best investment.

It's very unlikely as people value bitcoin more than ethereum for getting more traction ether should come up with a more sound and profound use case than ICO hosting only.

I believe it can have the same capitalization as BTC, but it would never surpass it. Moreover ETH can't have the same price as BTC.

They both serve different purposes and cannot be compared.

Bitcoin - currency, store of value whereas Ethereum - platform for applications to be developed

Ethereum allows developers to create their own decentralised applications and use Smart Contracts for things such as asset registration, land ownership and anything else where keeping a permanent record is essential. It has tons of other uses too, the possibilities are endless. Unfortunately, Ether has already shot up in value, so the super early adopter value spike has already transpired, but with the faster block confirmation times (~10 mins vs ~20 seconds) and larger blocks, Ether allows for more transactions and more confirmations faster, and along with the added development room to grow Ether could overtake Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency of choice, while rising in value at the same time. Ethereum can quite possibly be the next big cryptocurrency.

Although the creator of this enough stable cryptocurrency has been working hard to make ETH even more valuable, I doubt this altcoin will cost as much as BTC costs.
Bitcoin is older and has a huge team of its supporters.

For me it (ethereum) will never overtake the bitcoin, the main reason is bitcoin the core off all cryptocurrencies in the world and you can not compare the bitcoin to the ethereum, maybe to other alt coins it will, because its price is somewhat higher than the other but back to the topic of the ethereum overtaking the bitcoin, i think it will never happen, it cannot surpass the mother of all alt coins. If you are using ethereum right now there is no problem also if you are using bitcoin because you are both investing time and money, you just have to make sure that you are on the right track so that there is no wasted effort

i am a hard fan of ETH since quite some time ago

ETH offers way too much more than what Bitcoin can do.

Payment Gateway
Smart Contracts
Not much of Fork xp

Bitcoin is more of a pioneer crypto that serve only for payment like Send/Receive

I believe that ethereum can replace bitcoin,  it has this much potential to replace bitcoin. What we’ve seen in Ethereum is a much richer, organic developer ecosystem develop very, very quickly, which is what has driven Ethereum’s price growth, which has actually been much more aggressive than Bitcoin.The value of Bitcoin has skyrocketed more than 500% since this time last year. It currently stands at around $2,500 USD, more than ten times the value of ETH. Nevertheless, Ethereum has grown even faster, and is now worth more than 20 times its value just four months ago.Additionally, Ethereum has slowly creeped into Bitcoin’s market share, which has tumbled to nearly half its 90% stake just four months ago. In that same time frame, it has quadrupled its market share to 30%. Given current trends, it would not be surprising to see Ethereum take the lead within even a few months. No time that may be bitcoins replaced by Ethereum.

I have to agree with you as I have see ETH are the real 'deal' with you said. Just the Smart Contract alone, bitcoin will be dwarfed by this. However, since bitcoin is the pioneer and now becomes the currency for making money, ETH lose a significant value. But in terms of usage, I think ETH is the best cryptocurrency hands down. So its gonna be hard for ETH to really overtook bitcoin because its becoming an investment and store of wealth instrument.

Bitcoin is the king of all coins.So I think, It's impossible to Ethereum overtake bitcoin.Because bitcoin have a limite sell 21 millions.bitcoin low supply but More than customer.Moreover bitcoin enjoys Royal price 20-25 times.So I don't know One time can Ethereum overtake Bitcoin?

If I'll say that Ethereum can 'potentially' over take bitcoin and I'm a bitcoin believer well I'm a bandwagon. I do trade with Ethereum for bitcoin and I can see that there's a lot of projects that are coming out with it's ERC 20. But bitcoin is the real and only one coin that will be supported in the future where everyone agrees to support only a certain coin. So I don't think that there's a potential that ETH will replace bitcoin.

I also think that it is impossible for Ethereum to overtake Bitcoin. Ethereum is just used for ICO and for gas. We can't use it to buy other things.
And there is too much coins compare to Bitcoin.

Until Ethereum becomes available just about everywhere with the ability to purchase with FIAT, it can't ever come close. Bitcoin is the king because you NEED to use it to buy just every other Crypto. On top of that it has a long and proven history (which is currently being damaged) as well as many loyal supporters, most of which are the old dogs of crypto.

ICO provide a huge buying preassure witch is pretty good to add market cap value (and with mining too).

Is this possible i really wonder
Ethereum has a fantastic potential
But everyone knows Bitcoin first and best ( for now )

I know Ethereum is good coin.Everyday Many ICOs use ERC20 platform.Bitcoin is a very big strong and Quality proof virtual coin.I heard Bitcoin is the king of all coin.So,I think It's impossible to overtake bitcoin. Ethereum Really Overtake Bitcoin potentially 0%.

With more and more applications getting into development based on the ethereum Blockchain the market capital keeps on increasing. This will surely cause a price increase that'll reflect in the increase of market capital. So in future the present market capital gets overcome, but not the value.

I think this is not possible.Bitcoin influences such as after all the coins, but Etheriam reverses that direction.Bitcoin will always be the best.The attraction of people towards bitcoin is increasing day by day

Nope, i really do not think so. Because even though bitcoin is going through a lot of issues right now, i still believe in it. Because it has proven itself worthy of my trust many times already by overcoming obstacles and emerging from them even better than before. Yes, ethereum has good qualities and great potential, i will give ethereum that, but not enough to be something worthy of comparing to bitcoin.

I think that with the current situation it is becoming more and more likely. I observe the market and I think it is the only crypto that can now be very close to Bitcoin. We'll see what happens next.

It is too difficult to imagine this situation. I guess this will never happen. Although Ethereum and Bitcoin are the best cryptocurrencies for now.

However, when even ETH capitalization increase rapidly, 1 ETH will cost less than 1 BTC.

One day bitcoin will either die a terrible death or become the new gold. I don't see any other in between for BTC, other cryptos do what BTC does so much better and without all the political infighting. Ethereum is crypto 2.0 in many ways and IOTA might be crypto 3.0, but time will tell on that one. My hope is that if BTC death spirals it happens after the market is mature enough not to go with it, otherwise we're looking at at least 2-3 years of complete despair in this space.

So in that sense, yes ETH might overtake it, then again there are other currencies vying for the number one spot too.

I think it is very difficult ETH to overtake bitcoin. because bitcoin is still very strong and ETH can only be below 1 bitcoin level. in the world of bitcoin cryptocurrency is still the king of all coins.

As you said it will never happen unless if the bitcoin banned in the whole world.ETH is a good crypto after bitcoin it also has good potential and it price growth also increased over the years but bitcoin has huge investors when compared to the ethereum and the price also increases as per the demand of the coin.We know that availability of ethereum is more than bitcoins so if ETH want to overtake the bitcoin then the market cap has to be increased a lot so i think it won't happen.Bitcoin will be the expensive crypto ever.

It's impossible for any coin to overtake Bitcoin

Etherum is popular coin but the problem is it came after BTC and developers got an idea from BTC system how to implement Etherum project into ICO investment. BTC has accomplished everything we did or didn't expect. It has also made some hard standards that are easy to follow. The current price of BTC is very high and BTC as a crypto is being implemented slowly into global companies. Etherum is the first project from ICO that made the good move toward equality with BTC. Right now its impossible to overtake Bitcoin but in the future everything is possible. Everything is connected and with that connections, Etherum needs good marketing control to overtake the global Bitcoin.

I feel ETH can be in the top 10 list but cannot beat the price of BTH over and above. It would take a lot of time for ETH to reach the price of BTC as its the king of all cryptocurrencies and many of the financial institutions and entrepreneur firms also believe more in BTC because of its potential what we have seen in the last couple of years.ETH can also become the most used currency only if the authentication and security is maintained good consistently. I also see ETH has good technology which would help ETH reach heights in the next few years.

Knowing the difference between BTC and ETH, can the ETH be able to overtake BTC? BTC is the king of all coins, and the ETH is above all the rivals with all the coins, but not above BTC. So ETH never BTC will not be able to move above. There is no power to move on BTC from the left side.

Maybe yes, maybe not, but in a short time will not be caused by the current value of BTC is bigger than the ETH.
But Nothing is impossible!

i don't think ETH will overtake BTC because BTC's price already too high to ETH overtake it.

Upcoming updates for ethereum network will overtake bitcoin. Ethereum has more pottential then bitcoin and other bitcoin alts.
Ethereum will be the largets marketcap on crypto currency market.

It is possible for ethereum to overtake bitcoins in the near figure. Each and every day,new altcoins are been created into the market and they need Ether to empower it. So Ether will always increase in value.

i agree with you mate even if possible ethereum overtake  the price value of bitcoin but the main currency among us altcoin is bitcoin, look at this scenario before you can exchange the ethereum or any kind of altcoin you need to convert the altcoin into bitcoin currency before you can exchange in the fiat your bitcoin, all coins is useless if bitcoin out in the circulation.

I am 99% sure Ethereum will overcome Bitcoin, at least in terms of market cap, because It offers better solutions for anyone who wishes to replace an old financial system with a new one, based on the blockchain, and I think that's where banks and other institution are heading within the next decade.
Another good reason to believe Ethereum will overtake Bitcoin is that most of the new coins are based on Ethereum, so it is backed up by them.

Ethereum, provides a key additional function that many other currencies lack: uses outside of a peer to peer transaction base and, thanks to the Smart Contract system is a base platform for many tokens, but I will never say that it will overcome bitcoin in its price because another way there will be the punic collapse in the market!
Price of bitcoin and almost of other coins especially those that haven`t conduct ICOs, is no more than the psychology aspect in the people minds and bitcoin will always be the DAD of the whole blockchain technology, even it is less usable in real life than Ethereum.

As a guy who got a lot of ethereum I prefer ETH to overtake bitcoin because Bitcoin is too slow and the transaction fee is too high ! Ethereum on the other hand is perfect

Anything can happen so quick in crypto world but i don't expect that to happen anytime soon

Ethereum can't overtake bitcoin because the price of bitcoin improving day by day.And the bitcoin is highly secured.

This is an interesting idea to be discussed. Etherium currently is paving its way to a more bigger success pathway and stability, but I think many will agree that it may took long for etherium to overtake bitcoin. It is not imposible to happen but it will take take time. Bitcoin is in the light line now and has the crown holding the top over other coins. Definitely etherium will do more later on on who knows, one day they will take each others places.

And if I may ask. What will cause that terrible death that won't affect other altcoins as well? I really do not see anything that would make bitcoin to experience a terrible death as long as it is not abandoned by the community and as long as things keep on going right.

I would even be scared for Ethereum as there are so many projects trying to take its place and if care is not taken, will push it away from that position. However, the trust is so huge that the attention on bitcoin right now would really not make it easy for any coin to overtake.

No.  

All ETH can do is habitually lose user funds because reasons.

.5 billion lost already but thats non of my concern, invest away retards.

Gotta agree with this. It is possible that ETH would always be the top altcoin, but the probability that it will exceed BTC is really quite low.

Actually my answer is yes! Ethereum has a more united community, and it also can resolve more things beyond currency!

 I do believe that ETH has potential, but it would probably take years and years for ETH to overcome BTC just because most of the people still trust BTC more than any coins out there. After all BTC is still the "king of all coins" if you will. But we can never predict the future maybe if ETH has the right tool and timing maybe it can overcome BTC.

In my opinion bitcoin has more potential than ehterium have .
Here we can see directly that what the bitcoin is , it is the first coin that entered in the world of the online market of the cryptocurrency .
And also the limit of 21millions has to reached about 80% , and I don't think that next 4-5 years will be less for the complete mining , so here we can understand how the speed of the bitcoin buyers will increase day by day . And also in the present time we can see how much the speed of the bitcoin demand is going increasing .
So here the bitcoin made his market of the trading as a basic way of making money .
No doubt that people are making trading of the bitcoin is offline with cash fiat but also the people are making use of the Etherium Coin also for the trading in the cash.
But here the mining of the Etherium is more profitable than the bitcoin mining , so here we can say that supply of the Etherium is more than what the bitcoin have .
So currently conditions for the increase in the demand and price is for the bitcoin only .
But surely the speed acceptencs of Etherium as a priority coin like in the ICOs project is better thing for Etherium for future .

It’s certainly possible that one day Ethereum could overtake Bitcoin. The fate of Bitcoin is being heavily debated at the moment prior to the B2X hard fork, all the issues and threats while Ethereum is quietly gaining more and more traction in the background. We cannot tell but the answer to this debate will float later these years.

Possible even for the shitcoins or ponzi coins they were able to reach top 10 in coinmarketcap. In the world of crypto expect the unbelievable to happen

It is possible but only for the very long perspective, maybe in 5-8 years!
Ether price was just £7 ($9) on 1st January 2017, not even 12 months ago! Now the price has been fluctuating roughly between £200 and £250 ($260 and $330) for the past 2 months, which is actually very stable for the usually volatile cryptocurrency markets.
From January to November, Ethereum has gained a whopping 4,600%, while Bitcoin is up around 700%
So, in the matter of good growth price tendency, Ethereum is the winner.

I don't think so
The boss won't change easily

Ethereum cannot surpass bitcoin in anyway. Bitcoin is the original and already have a lot of investors and followers. Ethereum is just starting but have forked so many times already and have bugs. Maybe in the long term it can go in par with bitcoin but it won't be able to overtake bitcoin whether in price or in investors.

There is zero chance of Ethereum overtaking Bitcoin because Bitcoin has the original code for Cryptocurrency.

The way I see it, No coin will take over bitcoin. it will always be the number one.
I think people who are saying that Eth will take over, they need to wake up from their dream, because it's not gonna happen and maybe other altcoins will take over Ethereum like Lisk or IOTA.

I doubt Ethereum will overtake Bitcoin since both have their purpose in a different way. Since Bitcoin mostly is meant as a payment mode it will have a greater value. But the technology of ethereal if building decentralised apps and tokens is already ahead of Bitcoin.

ETHEREUM has a power to overtake bitcoin, especially right now that there are alot of tokens circulation that you can convert easily with ETH. Ethereum has faster transaction and of course low fee aswell called as "gas". Airdrops are being given away for free so that you can have a stepping stone to become a millionaire someday. Crypto Mark is one example of token that is circulation accross ETH, you can check their website crpto-mark.com or follow them on twitter @Cryto_Mark2017.

Although ethereum is the most widely used crypto but its price cannot surpass the price of Bitcoin because Bitcoin is on a whole new level, Bitcoin is the first ever crypto out there so no other crypto can even compete with it.

Bitcoin prices struggling with this currency’s different forks. Otherwise Ethereum is developing his infrastructure, payment and transaction ability. In my opinion ETH attract more and more users today. Because people want stability and find it in ETH.