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I know the price of all crypto currencies are now started to recover,so I just want to convert my portion of bitcoins into Ethereum,because I hope ethereum will have better growth rate when compare to bitcoin.

So what you are thinking guys is it good idea or better hold as bitcoin.

This is also a good idea. Good luck! As far as I know ETH also has many outstanding features and can compete with bitcoin. It can go up to bitcoin in the future. This is also the idea for my next investment when bitcoin prices are stable in the market. There are competing pennies in the market, and their prices are rising.

It will good if you choose both (bitcoin and ethereum) the movement price is depend on bitcoin price, when the price go down and go up it caused by bitcoin, I think about that. So, if you have invested in bitcoin and ethereum you will get profit from bitcoin when the price up, and you will get profit too if  you have invested in ethereum when the price up. I remember someone say don’t pull all your eggs in one basket, maybe it's right.

It is good if you do not have any ethereum already. There is no sure way to know if Ethereum is going to outperform bitcoin in future.

I see its a good move. Thinking how low ETH have gone down, you'll get 150% increase compared to BTC with only a 50% increase of the price, assuming the market will be back as it was last December.

The idea is simply excellent, you will win by the number of coins and the growth dynamics. Already it seems that bitcoin can not show what it used to be, but probably not already, and the future will be on the ethereum.

a good idea. but I've done it a couple of months ago. some of the bitcoin I've switched to ethereum with hopes of this coin can be like bitcoin later on. I hope that my decision is correct.

remember there are some problems from projects that use ethereum platform, like denaro and the newest is centra. project or scam ico can also affect the growth of ethereum and I think that is a strong reason to slow growth for ethereum this year. but if you want to hold it for the long term, immediately do the idea you have said.

I think both ether and bitcoin have a great future. Also i do not see them as rivals, as they do different things. Having both eth and bitcoin seems a good decision

Then you might as well put in small cap promising alts. They will grow more than ethereum.

Yeah that is what I am aiming for,I can see that huge price bump will occur in ethereum soon because lots of projects will be based on Ethereum only so it creates demand for the ethereum.

And thanks all for the suggestions.looking forward for more suggestions too that how much will be better to invest.

This is crypto, unfortunately you can never be sure. I really like Ethereum and it is widely adopted and used a lot. Still, another project can rise and eat up some of Ethereum's market share.

Bitcoin will not be set aside very easily though.

PS: I don't hold either, I'm a low market cap alt holder.

This, there are plenty of solid small cap projects arround that can and will outperform Ethereum.  Ether is most likeley a 'safe' bet though, for what that's worth of course

it does not matter if you want to convert bitcoin to ethereum, but you have to remember price movements rise and fall faster bitcoin. and ethereum has a stable price resistance. so I think that's not a bad thing if you are ready to take risks.

I prefer bitcoin more than ethereum, better pick another coins like litecoin, monero or cardano imo if you really want to convert into other coin.

I also believe that now some of the money is better to invest in the ETH. But I'm still interested in Waves, it also have the prospect of growth :-\

Doesn't matter absolutely. Can be a month difference but the price rate will be the same.

This is a key phrase  :)
If you don't have any insides and if you are not ready to test your luck - better wait and HODL BTC. I hope your portfolio is diversified of course

I think it's better because of price of ether is more down as compare to btc so you can get more benefits in short time.

Keep some of your bitcoin to the ethereuum and then just keep your bitcoin to be your reserve funds. I guess there is a lot of potential of ethereum to growth more and more.
Vitalik was interested in change ethereum to the POS system with fixed supply and the majority of ether communities are supporting it right now.
it may better for you to keep some bitcoin in your wallet and you will not lost anything when your prediction becomes fail.

Nope, your idea is good but Bitcoin is always better than Ethereum at any point of time. If you believe in Ethereum you can invest 50% of your Bitcoin investment converted to it but I always suggest Bitcoin investment is the best compared with any altcoins including Ethereum.

I dont wanna be blame in future if your target fails so maybe whats better consider first before selling bitcoin and convert into ethereum is,how sure you are that eth will outperform btc in future?do you have some good proof about this?we all know how bitcoin dominant the market so i see no reason why needed too this thing,i have been holding this two great coin and i have both faith on them. So better think hundred time before doing such action

here's my observation, if the bitcoin price was drop almost all altcoin is affected, so my point is why you didn't invest both ,Bitcoin and Ethereum lets say you have 10 BTC, put 5 in Bitcoin while the other half put it in Ethereum. Anyways, you can also invest in other coin like Neo, Ripple Dash, LiteCoin that coin have potential in the future.

For me it is better for you to hold  your bitcoin. Because as you see the market if bitcoin decline all altcoins decline too. And the value of ethereum is now struggling to go up.

Correct. I also agree that ethereum itself is still a great opportunity to rise. a good investment strategy is when you already understand about what you invest. so you should first learn about ethereum or bitcoin to understand with cryptocurrency

I am not saying ethereum will cross the bitcoin price.I just think ethereum will have more price growth rate,for instance now ETH is $ and bitcoin is $7500.If ethereum finishes this year with $1000 and bitcoin with $15000 then ethereum have better profits with the same amount of investment.But I don't have any proof just my insider so I am asking you guys.

I would take NEO over ETH right now for potential returns
Both are at their bottom, I just prefer NEO.

This is the ETHBTC crypto chart.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/ETHBTC/

I couldn't choose between these two, so I would invest half of it in ETH and second half I would leave in BTC.

Why not hold some bitcoin then buy eth and other alts as well. It's stressful to hold many alts but in the long run you can determine which alts will grow better. We'll never know how much value of an alt increases in the future but you can pretty much learn how will they grow if you yourself can have results. Studying how they grow with charts can be good but experiencing them yourself is one thing.

Historically, I think BTC if successful will always outperform ETH in the short term. ETH though have the long term potential to beat BTC when all improvements are made.

It was an idea that goes in will get lucky. hope the ethereum could be as high as the expectations that a lot of the bitcoin people want but need to know the time and capability to achieve the price such as this to how long does bitcoin.

It is a great idea. But as practice shows, after the market correction Bitcoin always grows first, and then all altcoins.

Maybe try to do that with half of your portion of bitcoins cause it is a little bit risky at the moment, for me bitcoin could start to go up a little bit faster than bitcoin so it is up on you but i would change only half of them.

Half and half. Diversify

I think either this or the next year is going to be the year of Ethereum because there is nothing but good news lined up for the next 2 years. And the amount of tokens and dApps being developed on the Ethereum platform is huge. This is all going to add value to the price of Eth.

ethereum will growing more than bitcoin, yes i agree with you, but need more time before its grow  ;)
and i think its better to keep your bitcoin and do not convert it to eth,, because when bitcoin start growing eth price will down in Btc terms,
so, wait until the best price to buy eth in BT terms  ;)

I think your speculation is good, I'm studying too, but a little add my opinion, the position of all coins is adjusting the good state of the regulatory situation of the existence of the world of crypto in each country, and for now the position of ETH is in search of the middle position, the role of ETH influential so as to create a price stability for all the coins, that's my opinion, is now when we look and wait it in a while, it will soon be stable and conditioned, hopefully useful and successful friends

good choice, especially for ethereum i'm very sure they will increase after in the last month they price fall to $400. and ethereum have a platform which supports for new token at least it is very important. go make a huge profit, mate :)

If you want to make more money, it makes sense to sell bitcoin and buy some altcoins. But losses, too, can be more in this case. The greater the profit, the greater the risk.

ETH is good since its the coin which is next to bitcoin but when we do see the dominance then bitcoin do still have it. Regarding to your question it isnt bad to diversify investment if you do like to invest on ETH then you can get a percentage or portion from your bitcoin holding then buy some ETH then hold them both for longer times or whatever you do like.Its always be a good idea to partition your investment into various coins specially on top ranking ones.

I don't think it's a good idea.
ETH is struggling and continue to lose value to Bitcoin. Now ETH have and few good competitors like EOS and NEO.

Follow what you believe.

For myself, I converted ALL my BTC, ETH, LTC, and XMR to other alts.  My belief is my chosen alts will out perform these % gain wise.  I may be mistaken but I made my bet and comfortable with my decision.  Most will probably call me crazy. :)

It still depends on your decision. Don't ask other people because it is pretty obvious that you're avoiding some profit loss in your investment. Do what you think is right.

The best idea is to diversify your investments into 3-4 currencies. Especially in the conditions of a falling market

Analyze everything again and only then make a decision. If you want - you can do so with half the deposit.

NEO is a good competitor for ETH but I am interested in the more reputed than the new rival,but NEO is getting too popular these days still I don't wanna invest on 'em. :D

In my opinion it's a good idea if you know how to win in these ups and downs, maybe it's a little risky but we can make a profit with Ethereum. Another option is to maintain 60% in Bitcoin and 40% in Ethereum to netralize losses in case of a higher downfall, this can be a little passive and everything will depend on your style of playing in the crypto.

I don't want to risk 40% of my holding,maybe 20% is worth to see the result.But now a days are very bad for all cryptos even bitcoin and ETH are also falling.So waiting little bit long to make a decision that covert bitcoin to ETH or invest the fiat money in ETH.

If i am on your shoes i will not convert all, just half of it. Do not put your eggs in one basket. Ethereum has potential to compete with bitcoin but i do not think it will happen this year or the near future. Bitcoin is still the king of crypto and is still the safest bet when you want to invest in this market.

Don't just blabber here,read the OP first and understand my statement,I never want to convert all my bitcoins into ethereum I just want to convert small portion it means 10%-20%.

I don't think that's feasible. I will consider you as privileged to have bitcoin at the moment and you shouldn't trade it for nothing. If you must have ethereum it's not a bad idea best strategy will be have both bitcoin and ethereum. ETH too does have great potential more than prospect we have for it

I think this is a good idea. Last year, I invested some money in promising altcoins and made a profit much faster than from investment in bitcoin.

NEO is not comparable to ETC. I suggest to hold ETH more than BTC. But not convert all BTC into ETH. BTC is still the strongest cryptocurrency, you shall have it in any case.

I think that the idea is quite sensible, but since the market has not fully recovered and is still not stable, it is better to invest only half of the funds, the rest half should be left in bitcoins.

I saw many questions that are popping who are in doubt of converting their bitcoins to eth. It didn't came to my mind that I have to convert my bitcoin for eth but if you are sure that you are comfortable with that strategy and you are good with eth, it's up to you. You will not know the results if you won't try, to those who tried it out and are happy with the result, congratulations and to those who are still waiting for best results, you did that and stand on your decision.

Your opinion is entirely reasonable and accurate. At this point, you should exchange all Bitcoin to ETH because the ETH exchange rate at the end of the year is expected to increase a lot, many times more than Bitcoin. But if you are the safest, then you should divide 50% into Bitcoin, and the other 50% invest in ETH then hold.

In my opinion this is a good idea. Ether can give two, three X's. That's what can not we say about bitcoin. But, some experts predict the growth of Bitcoin to $ 50,000 at 4q.

Converting BTC to ETH was good move month ago,now i would go opposite way.

absolutely ethereum is in the right condition in the coin market even bitcoin today's goes dip again at the price of 8400usd ehtereum price is very stable i think great idea better to hold ethereum like bitcoin because had possible their become expensive and give profitits for long term hold.

Yes as most of here commented, have both of them. Let some of your holding stay is BTC and convert some to ETH. It's better you have coverage on both of this legendary coins. Enjoy the benefit of having two. As what investors say's, don't put your egg in one basket. :)

this is a good idea, I think if you choose ethereum or bitcoin it does not matter because the two coins are worthy of choice as the market recovers and rises. so do not worry if you choose ethereum or bitcoin.

This is not the case since BTC and ETH are both potential cryptos and are worthy of long-term investment in the cryptocurrencies market. So you should hold BTC, and if you have free money, you should invest in ETH, will definitely make a profit at the end of the year when the market rates of recovery and firm bump.

good idea. I think ethereum can also compete with bitcoin in the future. many features are available in ethereum. and your idea will make us all for investment not only in bitcoin but also in ethereum

It's a tough question, both of them got a good potential to grow, Bitcoin grow maybe won't be too high anymore but it got a stable grow, while eth grow is a bit slow for now but the potential to grow still big, but I think I will choose eth in this case, I see more people now are more interested in eth

It is always good to divert our investment into different other portfolio which will makes us to feel comfortable. Both the Bitcoin and Ethereum are good investment, we have to find other possible option to find good potential coin other than Btc and Eth.

I think that's good idea to convert bitcoin into ethereum.
As far as i know ethereum is most popular coin at market today, and it's has good future.
But, can i suggest for this ? please don't do all of it to convert / change to ethereum, just 30% or 40%. Because what i know bitcoin is powerful coin and someday it will be the most priceless coin, who have bitcoin will be rich at future :)

that's a really great idea, Ethereum is a good platform so I'm pretty sure you won't go wrong splitting your Bitcoin holdings, investing the half of it to Ethereum especially now that the value of Ethereum is low, so i suggest you buy as soon as you can and take advantage of it while you can.

ETH is the coin that has the greatest chance of riding. so storing it in large quantities might make a huge profit. most likely the price will be above $ 1k, so it is a very good choice.

Maybe it is a good idea. bitcoin there is indeed a change but not too large, so not too noticeable unless providing large capital. the ethereum has gone up and the result though slowly can already provide a profit greater than the bitcoin. so if the switch to ethereum I think is not a bad choice.

As you could already see, for the past month the price of coins has recovered by a maximum of 10%, with ethereum exactly repeating the dynamics of the price movement of bitcoin. I think that there is no point in changing one coin to another, since they are so interconnected, you probably will not get much from this!

It's a good idea, because Ethereum is also a good coin to invest. Second largest coin after bitcoin is Ethereum only. Eventhough bitcoin is a leading coin compare to ethereum. But now ethereum has a great chance to move higher. Invest your amount equally in both coins. Each one has high potential and promising coins in the coinmarketcap. Dont completely change to ethereum because in future bitcoin is become priceless coin. So invest in both coins will keep you safe.

That is the best strategy, to convert portion of your bitcoint but no all into other alternative currencies. So that when bitcointal crash,you could get something to hold on.

I think it is actually a good idea because I did the same thing when bitcoin started to recover and bought some ethereum to hold and invest too. I feel like this year would be a great year for ethereum so I figured I would buy some to hold for long term.

As I see now, Ethereum has the bigger potential to grow. Bitcoin does not show such a great growth. You can really exchange some  BTC in ETH - why not?

if i like  I will also choose ethereum to hold instead of hold bitcoin.

That would be a good solution but when I see the ethereum price now, I think a better option would be to return to bitcoin. Ethereum price is too much stable in last weeks, we see only about 700 dollars. Now eth will increase own price only when bitcoin start growing so for me btc is better now

Really? Where did you find that information, Bitcoin will become priceless coin? You are just talking garbage.

Probably you are holding eth because you are joining on bounty which used erc20 ethereum token.

In General the idea of course is good, because a lot of sense and it is at present, a lot of truth in this is not be able to hide it, because the idea itself is attractive and constructive.

changing to ethereum or bitcoin is not a problem as both coins now have a stable price. I suggest you divide into bitcoin and ethereum so you can get profit from both coins.

Your idea is very good, I really appreciate your idea, ETH can grow and hopefully soar beyond the current BTC in the future, but I think you try a bit or half of what you have, do not you send all your BTC to ETH only if the ETH goes down again, and returns to your conscience probably because your obedience is right in choosing a decision.

i don't think so, despite ETH has better growth than BTC but when we talk about the fluctuation, Bitcoin is still the best and most profitable coin in the market, and every year Bitcoin rising stronger than any other coins and the most popular coin, so i believe it is very much worthy to hold for long term than ETH when we need to invest for long term.

The yearly bitcoin price is expected at $ 30000, the ETH price is $ 3,000. Well if you keep the bitcoin profit you get is x3.65, also if you switch to ETH your profit is x4.28. Of course the predictions are just as predictable, if you are careful you can keep half a bitcoin and convert half to ETH

quite optimistic forecasts, but to date, the information is quite a lot and very different, which is incomprehensible to whom you can trust and who does not.

Obviously,it is very good idea.If you keep all the eggs in one basket,thwir is no use of that.So you can convert 50% of bitcoin in Ethereum.As you said ,there are huge raise in Ethereum as compared to bitcoin .In last month the Ethereum price raise more than 100%. raise.

Good idea so far, as what I have experience investing in ethereum is a good idea for now because it is more profitable now and I am one of those got profit because of what ethereum are showing now.

I think it is a good idea to hold it in ethereum. Not that bitcoin isn't good, but their growth rate is kind of slow these days. But don't change it all to ethereum, because you have to put your money in a few holes. Just in case the first one isn't working.

I think your decision is good because ethereum in have a value too and also it's profitable so I think even you convert your btc to ethereum it will give you too a earnings.

I think both coins have good growth.
smart contact ETH is now widely used by ICO makers, thus making the ETH Etherium community stronger.
If seen from Etherium price growth is better. we analyzed from a few months ago.
In March-April the lowest price of Etherium is around $ 300-400 and now the price of Etherium remains at a price of $ 700-800. we can conclude that Etherium price growth is better.
so it's a good idea to switch from Bitcoin to Etherium. ;)

It seems to be a good decision. Actually, Ethereum have a nice pump that of bitcoin since from the start of this year. If we consider their potentiality of growing, it could be possible that Ethereum will go further than of Bitcoin in the coming days.

I think that's good idea to convert bitcoin into ethereum.
As far as i know ethereum is most popular coin at market today, and it's has good future.
But, can i suggest for this ? please don't do all of it to convert / change to ethereum, just 30% or 40%. Because what i know bitcoin is powerful coin and someday it will be the most priceless coin, who have bitcoin will be rich at future.

Between Bitcoin and altcoins, the potential of these 2 cryptos is indisputable. Long-term determination of the hold, the choice of Ethererum or Bitcoin is an excellent choice at the moment the market rate is increasing today. At present, BTC rates have risen to over $ 8500, the current ETH is over $ 700.

Hi friends I think both are equally good, but this is all measured by how much capital we have,
and if we have little capital I usually choose ETH but if I have a lot of capital I will choose BTC, it will be more profitable .

This is a good idea, Ethereum can grow much faster in price and is a very promising coin. But the market is very unpredictable at the moment.

For me both coins are equally good and equally have high fluctuation value but until now bitcoin still remain superior in the market of digital currency but if you want to invest bitcoin you have better do not take just as much for investment in eth.

between btc and ethereum are both very promising for investment. could both change the world economy. now this thing that becomes a view is. issue issues against both

Yes, you can benefit from both the BTC and ETH. ETH is experiencing extraordinary growth if on appeal with the BTC in a few months. If you convert 50% of ETH in BTC is very beneficial for you. And you have to get a very precise information for this.

If your idea works then it is true. But now there is a stagnation of bitcoin and the ether looks much more attractive for investments. Another thing is on what growth the ether is capable, regardless of bitcoin, which this year will have a 10k record.

We have the same technique. Of course, it is expected that the market will recover. It is not easy to say when exactly this will be fully reached but what is easy to tell is that all of them coins will recover. Bitcoin is going to get back and even get higher than $20,000 in the next months but Ethereum might be the one to multiply its price more times than Bitcoin's. I am also making my Ethereum holdings bigger.

before I answer it your goals change for what if for long term investment is quite a good idea too if you invest with two coins just like me only if for short term trading and investing it is a very bad idea.

well , you are proved wrong here , bcoz he posted that topic on 4th april and during that period ether was priced at 0.051btc , after the price spike in mid april ether pumped upto 0.08btc and currently ether is priced at 0.084 btc .

reason is before february dump , ether was around 0.12btc so it bound to come back at this price within this year . and i can agree btc is more safe , but when you hold ether or other alts and price jump more then obviously your btc also multiply in quantity .

when you think it is going to be a bull run month then hold alts like ether and increase bitcoins by holding alts .
if you think it is bear run then hold btc , bcoz in bear run alts dump more than btc .
you can apply above strategy for short run .

for long run hold a undervalued coin so that you face no loss even in bear run like february .

I think its a good decision due to the price growth of eth compared to bitcoin. Actually whatever your decision you are on the right track because btc and eth are good investments especially for long term.

Eth is way cheaper than btc so if you dont have huge capital its a good option and for those newbies who are looking for alts to invest in dont forget to add eth in your crypto-portfolio because in time it can give you high return.

Sure, a good idea.
I would go further. Some BTC I would convert to some tokens on the ethereum. Of course the potential is large, but the risk is also significant. If you choose the right alts, you can earn much more than just keeping BTC and ether.

For that, we have to choose the potential coins in order to increase their price because already there are many potentials coin after Bitcoin and Ether like NEO, Tron, IOTA, EOS, Litecoin. Before investing we have to research many things about them and understand the technology behind them.

It is a great idea to invest in both coins. Because one suits for both long-term and short term. Another one siuts for longterm only. Always two investment is good invest. If one goes another one help us. Similarly bitcoin is good for both terms. At the same time ethereum is good for long term only. Now the market shows it is in recover mode. Because most of the coins price is increasing now including bitcoin price. Ethereum also high potential and promising coins in future the value will be more than now.

I think, that this is a good idea, but if you want stronger growth I wouldn't transfer my money from bitcoin to etherium; but to smaller and popular altcoins. For example, in a stellar or iost, in any case, the whole market repeats bitcoin's movements, these coins just will have a stronger growth.

A big price is not so important. It's an illusion. The potential of the coin is important, not the price. Let the coin cost 1,000,000, and we only have 10. If the price will grow 10 times, we will also earn 10X. Of course, if a coin is cheap, it has nowhere to fall, but this is also an illusion.

I think ETH has more potential than BTC. I am not sure about BCH.

I also believe that Ether has more room for growth compared to Bitcoin, but if you really want to make a buck, you should buy some low sats alts. They can really explode!

I think strategy to use when it bearish market is to convert into Tether in other to avoid loosing any cent of investment and you can then convert back into bitcoin or any other altcoin you prefer when the market is bullish but I suggest bitcoin.

yes, i think its good idea,

next bull run coming soon <3

I think the idea is not the worst, but I would not write off bitcoin to the end, although many bet more on the etherium

both are a good choice. but i agree with you for ethereum. ethereum have a big chance to more grows. their community always increase every year and the team always have a good plan to develop the platform.

I think the idea is worth a good thought, bitcoin because in my opinion will also increase, so there may be problems with your Paul, and so you can try and maybe you're lucky.

In current times is a good idea but it is relative and depends on the amount of Bitocin that will sell to acquire Ethereum, we must remember that the major cause of the increase of altcoins is the result of Bitcoin, so if Ethereum obviously grows Bitcoin grows. Keep 30% of the portifolio in Ethereum and this idea not is bad and on the contrary can become as a point of safety.

There are so many things which we do as they seems good to us but later, at time when the results come, they are not the way we have expected and that this results in lot of disappointment and mental stress. However, you need to be sure that whatever decision you are making, you are fully confident and that you are ready to face the consequences. Think well before making any final call.

market again dumping badly , and as expected with dump of btc , ether is dumping at more speed . so you should buy ther in 0.07btc range . it will be a good deal for you for short period .
i saw it many times in bear run ether falls more , in bull run ether rise up more than btc .

I agree with you, so far the bitcoin has no other function like ethereum. the only growth of bitcoin is hardfork. it's not like ethereum that can make growth in the new altcoin. ethereum gave birth to many altcoins. and they grow to compete. I believe in ethereum. currently the only investment I have is on ethereum.

it does not matter if you have to switch to ethereum but now this bitcoin will still continue to be the best choice, but having ethereum will definitely be a good one because ethereum is a stable coin.

i think thats is a really good idea,,
because i believe ethereum price could grow more if we compared with bitcoin price
also with a lot of ICO project use ethereum blockchain that will be the reasonable reason for me

Sounds good, I mean its better to not to put all the eggs in one basket right? don't get me wrong its not that I don't trust Bitcoin but converting a portion of your holdings to Ethereum is a really good idea. Ethereum might be struggling right now but I'm sure that it will make a huge comeback by the last quarter of the year just like before.

T is you who need to make some decision at the end and that you need to make the best possible decision so that you may be able to have some good earning at the end. Holding of the bitcoin is one of the best thing to do and that nothing other than that can help you in having some good amount of money at the end. Just stay cool and calm and that you need to keep your nerves under your control.

I think keeping bitcoin will be better. Because ICO-funded projects by ETH they hold too much, wait for ETH to rise to the market to take money for project development.

I think this is a great idea! Bitcoin is going through hard times now. This year is just great for the etherium! Just do it!

Still waiting for someone to answer the great mystery on why bitcoin process controls everything in the crypto market and how long do we need to wait for this decoupling to happen?

I don't think that's feasible. I will consider you as privileged to have bitcoin at the moment and you shouldn't trade it for nothing. If you must have ethereum it's not a bad idea best strategy will be have both bitcoin and ethereum. ETH too does have great potential more than prospect we have for it.

Nothing wrong with it I already bought some ETH than Bitcoin since I can also use ETH to gas my wallets when I need to transfer some token from airdrops to exchange when they have their own value on the future as well.

I would not say it is a bad ideas as you have your reason for wanting to take that decision but I think you should not convert all you have in bitcoin into ethereum as bitcoin remains the best coin in crypto irrespective of the fall. It has huge potentials and will remain the best coin. You can take some portion of it into ethereum and leave the rest to grow in bitcoin.

What you are thinking now is exactly what I am already doing. I try to change all the tokens into eth. I believe my judgment.

In my opinion, it is a bad idea to convert or buy Ethereum from you bitcoin. Better hold them than sell them and buy another coin because bitcoin is dropping again.

Well i am sure that bitcoin is a great coin and the price of this top cryptocoin will make big difference more than in the future,but speaking about this years i believe thatt its ethereum will bloom this secondary cryptocurrency will make our new year,new rich and will surely double your money as what he did early this 2018 so dont have second thoughts and sell bitcoin to buy Ethereum

Currently, am only monitoring the market trend not for the purpose of additional investment but for the purpose of stability in the market. I'm putting further investment on hold until stability return

The main reason putting all your funds into anyone of Bitcoin or Ether isn't a very sound investment decision is that about every successful investor out there will always encourage you to watch your back by diversifying your investment just in case of the unexpected. Unwilling to diversity is almost a trait of greedy and obviously that bodes nothing good for any trader or investor.

hodling is always a good idea just don't put too much in because we could see it go lower.

now the market is very difficult to be stable. there are many reasons why the market can not. because every second of the demand from the market is very change change and also there is another threat of mt gox

Please tell me what your idea is, what is your purpose? I will give you some tips and ideas or other ideas so that you can refer to your personal direction, Please let me know I will give you advice

It would be best to divide your portfolio. Convert half of it to ether and hold the rest as bitcoin that way you will benefit from the growth of ether and bitcoin. Don't just your investment into one coin, spread it as much as you can.

Both of them are the best coins but personally i would rather hold on with my bitcoin as much as possible. When i was still a newbie or a starter on this forum. I had inly one goal and that is to invest bitcoin for long term and then later on by just reading the thread, i was amazed by how potential etereum aswell. And since i had enough bitcoins already thouh not that much as i wanted to. I started buying ethereum everytime i have got spare money.

what you have done is the best decision of course, you invest in both it is really amazing for me, I have the desire to be able to invest in one of them just can not, and you can now invest your money in both, especially when this Bitcoin and Ethereum both have decreased in price, and suppose we can buy it, of course we will get big profit later.

Bitcoin ACTS as a dumping ground, while Ethernet works as an appreciation ground. The key is to see what you want to do.

I think it is a good idea to have eth in your portfolio other than tons of alts this season. When this bearish season ends(i hope) ethereum will go up.

No doubt there are potential coins other than bitcoin and ethereum plus there are few altcoins that are actually far better than the altcoin king, ETH, in producing profit because they are better at gaining value. For example, bitcoin cash is a lot quicker than ethereum. Some people doubt its strength a lot but if believe it has already passed the duration of time after which a coin becomes a potential one. As far as bitcoin goes, nothing is even near to its shadow.

Certainly a good idea but if I better keep my investment in Bitcoin only part only. And some of my new leverage to Ethereum because we can benefit from both of these coins. When we can rely on down Ethereum Bitcoin and so otherwise.

Eth is way cheaper than btc so if you dont have huge capital its a good option and for those newbies who are looking for alts to invest in dont forget to add eth in your crypto-portfolio because in time it can give you high return.

Obviously,it is very good idea.If you keep all the eggs in one basket,thwir is no use of that.So you can convert 50% of bitcoin in Ethereum.As you said ,there are huge raise in Ethereum as compared to bitcoin .In last month the Ethereum price raise more than 100%. raise.

Never try, never know :). If you really believe that ETH can be better than BTC in this year so you can exchange all your BTC to ETH if you want. Don't worry cause ETH is much better than BTC already although BTC price is still higher than ETH :). Both of them are also really good so there are no matter if you're going to exchange BTC to ETH or not.

Keeping all the property in a coin is very risky, so it is very sensible to divide the coin into many different coin. The market of cryptocurrency is always volatile, so investors should have specific investment plans, share capital and seriously pursue their goals.

That is a good idea because as we already know there are currently many erc20 projects that use ethereum as fuel

nice,While both Bitcoin and Ethereum are powered by the principle of distributed ledgers and cryptography, the two differ in many technical ways. For example, the programming language used by Ethereum is Turning complete whereas Bitcoin is in a stack based language. Other differences include block time (Ethereum transaction is confirmed in seconds compared to minutes for Bitcoin) and their basic builds (Ethereum uses ethash while Bitcoin uses secure hash algorithm, SHA-256).

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I could say that it is a good idea and will provide you profit rather than keeping this as btc. In addition, both of this coin are stable enough so what you will just is a better opportunity where you will get more benefit.

Keep the Bitcoin, price grow in bitcoin is more bigger than ETH. Price difference is really a big factor. If its only about earning I'll stick with bitcoin cause nothing grow faster  than bitcoin as we all know it. Ethereum is a good coin which can be use on different platform but investment wise, bitcoin is the man.

To me it is good idea and you will make some good profits in future when both ethereum and bitcoin began to recover.  Ethereum is going to give more percentage rate than bitcoin. Ethereum can go as high as $5,000  this year if it can get 50% of the growth it has last year.

I think its good idea too but every user must decide it himself as if will win will win he if loss then it his problem too anyway ETH is one of best and maybe it could hit new records.

It is not a bad idea after all. But it be best to invest only your profit to Ethereum from Bitcoin or you can split in half. that way you can maximize the full potential of you investment with a less er chance of loosing. It is best to do this if your currently earn profits to your initial investment.

Well, BTC has a bigger amplitude so I think it is more possible to pick up money on BTC

It will be a very good idea if you leave some in bitcoin and then put the rest in ethereum because this two coin are the most potential and bitcoin has the potential to rise more than ethereum as it controls the price of most altcoin and by doing this, you increase you profit.

It is a good idea, ethereum will do better.

It depends upon the amount of Bitcoin and ETH you will get if you convert your Bitcoin into ETH. Of course if you have 0.02 Bitcoin, you might not be able to get that much profit in it if you convert it into ETH. You will get more ETH than your 0.02 Bitcoin. More ETH means more part in the rise in the prices which is called the profit. So do the math and do what your results support.

Investing in both is much better then just in one because right now most of coins using Ethereum technology and its has very good potential to give some good profit even in long term so for me investing in both coins is much good and safe for investment

In my opinion it's a good idea if you know how to win in these ups and downs, maybe it's a little risky but we can make a profit with Ethereum. Another option is to maintain 60% in Bitcoin and 40% in Ethereum to netralize losses in case of a higher downfall, this can be a little passive and everything will depend on your style of playing in the crypto.

but it's happening right now that almost all crypto prices have dropped so dramatically, so bitcoin and ethereum in my opinion are both decreasing, but I do not know if bitcoin will be faster than ethereum, or Ethereum it will grow more rapidly than bitcoin , whatever your decision hopefully will not be wrong choose.

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The idea is very good, but before its implementation it is still worth to study in detail the market and the trend of those coins in which you want to invest. Still, I advise you to leave some of the money on bitcoin, as insurance.

the rules still have not changed the game and bitcoin is still the main, and so far, even ethereum will not grow when the cue ball falls.

Absolutely right decision. Ethereum is a very underrated technology that has not yet discovered its full potential. So many areas of activity can introduce it and as soon as it happens Ethereum will skyrocket in price.

I don't really know but If I were you, I would do that cause I more believe in ETH than BTC cause I can see ETH has good potential in the future than BTC. Last year as I can remember that  ETH price had increased more than 9000% while Bitcoin price was only more than 6000% :)). I think in this year after this downward trend ended, ETH will rise back very quickly ;D

It is a great idea to invest in both coins. Because one suits for both long-term and short term. Another one siuts for longterm only. Always two investment is good invest. If one goes another one help us. Similarly bitcoin is good for both terms. At the same time ethereum is good for long term only. Now the market shows it is in recover mode. Because most of the coins price is increasing now including bitcoin price. Ethereum also high potential and promising coins in future the value will be more than now.

If OP converted some of his bitcoins to Ethereum do you know what's his situation now. Bitcoin has been dropping now and same goes for Ethereum.
Eth last time was nearly $500 and now it's nearly $400 so OP do you have any update on this matter?

Investing in Ethereum is a wise choice because, in the future, Ethererum will be more potent than Bitcoin and will overtake Bitcoin's market cap to become the No. 1 crypto in the crypto market. It is a good idea to invest in Etherum at this time because by the end of 2018 the ETH will probably reach $ 1,500.

Converting some of your bitcoins to ethereum is a great idea, but spending all your bitcoins just for ethereum only is a big NO for me. I know how reliable and profitable is ethereum, but for me bitcoin is still the most secured and profitable cryptocurrency among the rest. So if i were you, you just convert some of your bitcoin to ethereum, and don't spend it all just for ethereum.

I think its bad idea if you swapped all your bitcoins into Ethereum, because basically the whole price of crypto including Ethereum will depend on the development of bitcoin price, we know the magnitude of bitcoin effect right? it might not matter if you swap a few percent only

I dont know when the price will really recover but its good idea to have good altcoin to buy now when the price lower.
Lower while buying has more chance to make money. So buy now at lower or never since you will loss opportunity.

If you have held cryptocurrency in bitcoin or Ethereum that you have not suffered any special losses because basically have fallen strongly in the price of altcoins.

Yes, that is a great idea because most of the people will sell the coins when the price starts increasing and bother about them when the price starts decreasing. That's how humans nature is going to be so yes, we have to leave some money in Bitcoin because there is huge possibility the price of Bitcoin will recover soon.

I am doing the same thing as you, and I hope it will rise soon. Good luck, my friend.

Now both are equal if you convert your BTC to ETH i think you will not see any big difference. you missed the chance long back when the BTC price was $8 to $9k that time if you converted means you may get more ETH. Better hold you bitcoins don't swap now it's not a right time.

The potency of ethereum rises more drastically than bitcoin, so converting bitcoin to ethereum is a good thing and we deserve to do it, I've also converted about 0.57 btc to ethereum and now my value is rising drastically.

I think it is better to continue holding on to your bitcoin for the time being and if possible get more because it is low now and then you can make a lot of money when the time comes. It is still possible to get money from the crypto market. Good time for investing in the cryptocurrency market

Since all the concept in crypto world like cryptocurrency trading and cryptocurrency investments existed due upon the bitcoin creation. So I believe that whether how high or low the price of bitcoin was, all those alternative coins will follow. In my own opinion, it makes no sense of I convert all my bitcoin into ethereum. I would prefer to spread out my assets rather than to stocked and preserve them in to one basket.

I think this is a very good idea and I know Eth has a good competitive edge ..

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It's a good idea to convert some of your Bitcoin to Ethereum. But don't convert all because I think Bitcoin still have great prices in the future and so Ethereum to

In my opinion, this kind of converts can be very risky in this term. Although I also think ethereum has a better growth potential than bitcoin, maybe you should wait and see where the prices are going.

For me what ever change you do to eth or btc are both good idea but I think much better to hold both since those cryptos are both promising and I can say even competing to each other so we can say that both have good price interaction in the market.

I also did that, so I can recommend you the same. Etherium has more potential than Bitcoin as price growth.

Well thats a good idea, but also it depends on you if you both invest or you should focus only in bitcoin, but i must say this this two coin is the best coin the market. as you can see sometimes if bitcoin get dump also ethereum will get dump.  Its okay if you do 50 50 for investment, because bitcoin and ethereum will surely last forever as long as internet exist and in the future its prices will get high again.

Thats a good idea.. Bitcoin is good when the price is up more profits than ether.

I also agree with you, I hope that ethereum will have a better growth rate compared to bitcoin because I am currently investing more on ethereum than investing in bitcoin

It's a good idea. Why? Because I did it in mid-September until mid-December, 2017. Convert, Hodl, and Sell it at the best time. But at the time, I am not converting all my bitcoin into ethereum, the portion I use is only 40%. And the result is very profitable because I get to profit from bitcoin and ethereum when the price of 2 coins rises up significantly.

As you said I will repeat the same way in this year with the hope I get the same profit like a years ago.

I think that's a good idea. Bitcoin and ether have a large market capitalization compared to other cryptocurrencies. In addition, they are the most popular and it seems to me that they are both worthy of purchase.

That's a good idea But it is better to consider some more coins that are also good. I am studying NEO EOS and the best method I think is to buy Bitcoin cash.

Both of them can be a good investment, so I think it is good to hold both Ethereum and bitcoin. Just diversify your investment because Ethereum and bitcoin will still surely grow once the market starts recovering. Ethereum and Bitcoin is on the top of the coinmarketcap, so there's a chance that it will give you good profit if you hold.

I think that you must have Ethereum in your portfolio, but do not make a portfolio just for ETH. It is better to divide the portfolio into 3-5 coins from the top 10 and leave the larger part in Bitcoin.

I dont know exactly, because for me, ETH and Bitcoin are the same. Both of them are good for long term investment. So, you dont need to convert between them to get profit.

Well, I don't see it that way. No doubt about the prospects of Ethereum because of it's smart contracts and other innovative ideas but I don't see it recovering faster than Bitcoin. The truth of the matter is that bitcoin still determines to a large extent the movement of the market.

In General, I would advise you not to keep all your assets in bitcoin. I would advise to keep them in different cryptocurrencies.

If I were you, I would better change some Bitcoins in cheap but very good altcoins that are the better gainers. I am talking about Ontology, TRON, Credits, Gladius, OmiseGO. They will bring you more profits.

I do not agree with your opinion, to change bitcoin and buy coins like gladius, credits and OmiseGO the three coins are still new and clarity for the future does not yet exist, a good coin investment is a coin that guarantees and has a future, example of ethreum, bitcoincash and bitcoin

If you do not have some ETH in your portfolio, you can really go for it and convert only a portion of your Bitcoin to ETH but if you have them already, you need to hold it there and should not convert Bitcoin into ETH because In my opinion, and after studying the market cap and the percent profit different crypto gives, you are better off holding as many Bitcoin as possible.

I don't think that's feasible. I will consider you as privileged to have bitcoin at the moment and you shouldn't trade it for nothing. If you must have ethereum it's not a bad idea best strategy will be have both bitcoin and ethereum. ETH too does have great potential more than prospect we have for it.

I think it is better idea that you convert your Bitcoin to Ethereum because it's true that Ethereum is better growth than Bitcoin.Ethereum also is less capital than Bitcoin.

I think this is a good strategy to earn dollars. But since bitcoin is more important to me I prefer to trade them. And so I can not do without cryptocurrencies. And in general this is the choice of everyone.

Hard to know which way this market goes

I think you better hold both, because it looks like bitcoin will stay better than ethereum, so before you regret it is better  60% for bitcoin and 40% for ethereum.

Yeah,  holding will be good and it's working but it is best if you trade it and have profits everyday. I may myself doing it cause I realize that it won't grow day by day if I just keep on holding. Do the risk is high but it won't give me worries as I believe and trust my self of what I am doing.

I think it's a good decision. if you really want to make a buck, you should buy some low sats alts. They can really explode!