When I read the Ripple wiki on consensus mining, it all seemed too easy. I mean, if it works, great... but somehow Bitcoin's approach seems so much more rigorous in its security. I would love to read a head-to-head comparison of the security of the Bitcoin ledger vs. the Ripple ledger.
Ripple is the leader of the billion supply coin group so it's pretty normal that Ripple isn't increasing it's price value even after a very long time.
But Ripple is faster than Bitcoin and it's hard forks, Ethereum, NEO and other Top Altcoin in the crypto market.
Ripple will indeed grow begged after time because there are already numbers of giant companies were partnering Ripple to offer more flexibility to each companies to their clients and customers.
I invested Ripple last year and now I am holding it for my long term goals.