Will Ripple (XRP) usurp Bitcoin?

[nominee]

Nice dream man, keep your dreams... At the end bitcoin will slap hard to that ripple hype. Trut me when this happen, you'll regret hard. I remember the guys talking when bitcoin's market portion was about 38% during mid june 2017.

[BlackMike]

I think XRP is currently is on a HUGE pump wave. Just my opinion thought. XRP is not strong enough to even overtake ETH in long run (so it will not beat BTC definitely)

[erk]

XRP is not Bitcoin, it doesn't have the same philosophy or structure.

XRP may pass Bitcoin in market cap but you can rest assured that the fiat to do that, will not be coming from people that support the crypto currency movement. It's quite possible the fiat will be coming from people that are against the crypto currency movement, eg. bankers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qww1xANMyM4

[mdzahed134]

Ripple market cap reached $89,556,767,666 & ripple price 2.31$ now.It's unbelievable ripple crossed ETH market cap.I don't know any others coin when touched eth market cap.I think at first XRP touched ETH market cap.

[pinacolada]

Ripple value is high but can it stay high? I think it pumped too fast. It has already dropped a lot from the last high and still dropping.

Ripple is made for banks and have some use cases but I do not hear of many banks using it. It cannot be compared with general coins like Bitcoin or Ethereum.

[sorrysteve1]

I don't think so, bitcoin is king and will remain king for a while more. If something usurps bitcoin it won't be ripple. I feel ripple is nearing its full potential.

[Cart]

It can all be possible, but I think it needs to hold the level a bit at first. Interesting to watch in the next couple of weeks!

[darkangel11]

Ripple can easily surpass bitcoin, bitcoin already is a failure to me,  with high transaction fee and slow network.

Bitcoin is still being developed, just like many other cryptocurrencies. How can you be sure that XRP won't face difficulties once it reaches the adoption stage BTC is in right now?
I wouldn't start hating on BTC and treating it as a failure until the dust settles. There are upgrades to the network being proposed as we speak.

No one uses ripple for anything but speculation. Most of the volume is coming from Korea and Asia in general. Its just gambling to them.

When BTC goes down they are always looking for an altcoin to get into. BCH and LTC weren't looking that great as they were all going up for a time so they chose an altcoin that has been in a downtrend for months. In a few weeks they will dump XRP and move to BTC (if lightning gets attention) or BCH.