Bitcoin may not be number one for long

[Mr.grin]

Well, so many new coins for now, and so many have potentials, like eth and bytball. But, I think they are still pretty far away with bitcoin prices for now. I'm sure bitcoin will retain its position as the number 1 currency on the internet.

[Kelvinid]

I think people are just hyping ethereum too much. they talk crap on how the bitcoin community couldnt handle these issues, but we just don't know if they cant or can either.

I think even that hyping eth value bitcoin still on the top on crypto currency. All of us are the witness of the great progress of bitcoin also bitcoin has already proved that would be a top on the crypto because we can do lot of things using it.

Absolutely agree, I think people are just over hyping ethereum and I don't see why I will leave my Bitcoin and move them into ethereum because it's also likely to have the same issues with high transaction fees if it gets big enough so why would I want to change? Bitcoin is progressing and I'm psyched up that there will be challenges along the way, it won't go all well too smooth.

You're right.Why change if bitcoin has it all?Nowadays,bitcoin has really top it all.It's price is amazingly high,and it will continue to rise for the coming months and years.So i will just hold on to bitcoin and be  continuosly inspired of what bitcoin has done to me and my family.Soar high BITCOIN!

[DoublerHunter]

I agree to this topic that bitcoin cannot be the number one or the king for more years because there will be a time that it will be replaced by another better and faster currency and it will make bitcoin's price goes down very hard but as of now it is not possible to happen because we can still see at least 10,000 USD price for bitcoin in the next 10 years.

[snowcrashed]

I thought for sure it would take until the end of 2018 but it looks like this summer ethereum might pass it up. With the turmoil around BTC potential splitting, it might be very soon. IMO this is healthy, we will always value bitcoin for being the one that started it all, but it's time for a more dynamic and adaptable currency to take the lead.

Bitcoin can not be the number one forever, for sure because nothing lasts forever but not that soon. In the future, another coins (altcoin) can replace Bitcoin and become the number one coin in the Internet  (maybe ETH) but whatever that coin will be, it's all to serve our human life

[chineseprancing]

I was not expecting that because when days, months or years passed I think no. 1 spot is not only for bitcoin. Also, there's a lot of coins should be develop and I think one of this coins breaks title given to bitcoin.

There is really a lot of coins out there but all of it doesn't really take a chance in bitcoin even if the Marketcap of some coins are larger than bitcoin, it is surely not enough for some alt's to surely take bitcoin place because the price was truly amazing right now, but in the impending split we can not sure what will happen I might say that let's just be ready for it I might sell my bitcoin when that happen! sad!

Yeah man if it is happened just be ready to sell our bitcoin, in our generation bitcoins was too famous but we don't know what will happen to bitcoin in the future. But I was hoping that even the bitcoin was not in the no.1 spot their price will still remain.

[anonbit992]

I was not expecting that because when days, months or years passed I think no. 1 spot is not only for bitcoin. Also, there's a lot of coins should be develop and I think one of this coins breaks title given to bitcoin.

There is really a lot of coins out there but all of it doesn't really take a chance in bitcoin even if the Marketcap of some coins are larger than bitcoin, it is surely not enough for some alt's to surely take bitcoin place because the price was truly amazing right now, but in the impending split we can not sure what will happen I might say that let's just be ready for it I might sell my bitcoin when that happen! sad!

Yeah man if it is happened just be ready to sell our bitcoin, in our generation bitcoins was too famous but we don't know what will happen to bitcoin in the future. But I was hoping that even the bitcoin was not in the no.1 spot their price will still remain.

I don't worry if bitcoin falls from the number 1 spot, but it will still be widely accepted and used. As long as it can grow in value, it is fine for me. Things change when times change. Just stay positive. Diversify your assets and you will be just fine.

[Novun]

It seems to me that rather than the price of Bitcoin falling it will simply stay at the 2-3k range when another cryptocurrency takes its place.
Bitcoin established itself as the go-to currency to fall back on from riskier investments. For that reason alone it will keep at least some of its value.
Not to mention this is the most publicized crypto which means a lot especially for people who aren't as involved in cryptos as most people here on Bitcointalk are.

[shamzblueworld]

I thought for sure it would take until the end of 2018 but it looks like this summer ethereum might pass it up. With the turmoil around BTC potential splitting, it might be very soon. IMO this is healthy, we will always value bitcoin for being the one that started it all, but it's time for a more dynamic and adaptable currency to take the lead.

I think eventually we might see a currency taking over both of these, that currency would definitely be decentralized, and will also have the features of fast transactions with smaller fees.
Ethereum might top bitcoin for a while in the future but its certainly not a permanent solution. The way markets and whales and general people work, bitcoin will always come back up until that perfect crypto comes along.

[Sithara007]

Bitcoin can not be the number one forever, for sure because nothing lasts forever but not that soon. In the future, another coins (altcoin) can replace Bitcoin and become the number one coin in the Internet  (maybe ETH) but whatever that coin will be, it's all to serve our human life

It is too early to predict whether Bitcoin will lose the top spot or not. The basics are still extremely strong. The user-base numbers in the millions, and is growing at a good pace. It was the first ever crypto-currency, and all the other alts have adopted at least a part of the technology from Bitcoin. Let's wait until August, to see what Jihan Wu and his friends can achieve.

I am putting my weight behind Bitcoin. Right now, I have a grand total of 0.000000 ETH in my wallet.

[thesavoyard]

Bitcoin can not be the number one forever, for sure because nothing lasts forever but not that soon. In the future, another coins (altcoin) can replace Bitcoin and become the number one coin in the Internet  (maybe ETH) but whatever that coin will be, it's all to serve our human life

It is too early to predict whether Bitcoin will lose the top spot or not. The basics are still extremely strong. The user-base numbers in the millions, and is growing at a good pace. It was the first ever crypto-currency, and all the other alts have adopted at least a part of the technology from Bitcoin. Let's wait until August, to see what Jihan Wu and his friends can achieve.

I am putting my weight behind Bitcoin. Right now, I have a grand total of 0.000000 ETH in my wallet.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/quick-history-cryptocurrencies-bbtc-bitcoin-1397682630/

Not the first.

[MingLee]

Bitcoin can not be the number one forever, for sure because nothing lasts forever but not that soon. In the future, another coins (altcoin) can replace Bitcoin and become the number one coin in the Internet  (maybe ETH) but whatever that coin will be, it's all to serve our human life

It is too early to predict whether Bitcoin will lose the top spot or not. The basics are still extremely strong. The user-base numbers in the millions, and is growing at a good pace. It was the first ever crypto-currency, and all the other alts have adopted at least a part of the technology from Bitcoin. Let's wait until August, to see what Jihan Wu and his friends can achieve.

I am putting my weight behind Bitcoin. Right now, I have a grand total of 0.000000 ETH in my wallet.

It's kind of comparing apples to oranges in some aspects though, since Bitcoin is nothing like Ethereum aside from being a crypto and moving coins back and forth. Bitcoin has a lot more of a focus on mining and value movement while Ethereum is more based around running applications and being fairly open for users to develop from.
There is no real good way to compare the two since their basic function differs a lot.

[chaser15]

So much loved for Etherium by majority here huh? What is the basis? Price increase? I can say 70% whales 30% community unlike in bitcoin almost 100% community. If only the current bitcoin transaction fee is the concern then it's not a big factor for Etherium to surpass bitcoin. There are already ways to deal with that scaling problem.

Etherium is part of my portfolio since Im getting profit out of holding it and taking advantage of ups and downs. But that is only for trading purposes since a trader must seek any coin that will give them income. Bitcoin is still my main cryptocurrency.

[deisik]

Bitcoin can not be the number one forever, for sure because nothing lasts forever but not that soon. In the future, another coins (altcoin) can replace Bitcoin and become the number one coin in the Internet  (maybe ETH) but whatever that coin will be, it's all to serve our human life

It is too early to predict whether Bitcoin will lose the top spot or not. The basics are still extremely strong. The user-base numbers in the millions, and is growing at a good pace. It was the first ever crypto-currency, and all the other alts have adopted at least a part of the technology from Bitcoin. Let's wait until August, to see what Jihan Wu and his friends can achieve.

I am putting my weight behind Bitcoin. Right now, I have a grand total of 0.000000 ETH in my wallet.

It's kind of comparing apples to oranges in some aspects though, since Bitcoin is nothing like Ethereum aside from being a crypto and moving coins back and forth. Bitcoin has a lot more of a focus on mining and value movement while Ethereum is more based around running applications and being fairly open for users to develop from.
There is no real good way to compare the two since their basic function differs a lot.

And that seems to be a key factor in real life

If moving coins back and forth accounts for over 90% in the value of both coins, I can't possibly see how it is not a good way to compare these two systems even if their basic function is allegedly different. Though if this function still de facto comes down to mostly speculation anyway (let's get real here), it in fact remains to be seen how much it is really different for Bitcoin and Ethereum. As to me, it is six of one and half a dozen of the other

[virtualkeybuyer]

Surely Bitcoin's 1st place will be replaced because of a lot of disavantages so that people will decice not to use Bitcoin for teir daily life

here I am not agree with your point of view about bitcoin prices  . now a days bitcoin is increasing its  pries as compare to the old age time when it was invented its prices were low enough but in this era bitcoin is a great and. highest level no doubt bitcoin is our futures brightness and now it has become very powerful currency

[Colt22]

I think people are just hyping ethereum too much. they talk crap on how the bitcoin community couldnt handle these issues, but we just don't know if they cant or can either.

a lot of people are asking these questions because of bitcoins rapidly increasing price it has increase more than double of its original price .so people are now thinking either it will remain the same or not , but as the bitcoin prices are going up its not seems to be decrease that early .

[shinratensei_]

I agree to this topic that bitcoin cannot be the number one or the king for more years because there will be a time that it will be replaced by another better and faster currency and it will make bitcoin's price goes down very hard but as of now it is not possible to happen because we can still see at least 10,000 USD price for bitcoin in the next 10 years.

"The Flippening" is real. The strong candidate is ethereum. But remember the bitcoin already become a rule in crypto. As you can see all of the coin's price have pegged with bitcoin. That means bitcoin as a common floor for all of the crypto that is not easy to be forgotten.

I think ethereum may replace the bitcoin's place. But it can't replace the bitcoin impact in a crypto journey. The fundamental of bitcoin is really strong.

[krankNL]

I thought for sure it would take until the end of 2018 but it looks like this summer ethereum might pass it up. With the turmoil around BTC potential splitting, it might be very soon. IMO this is healthy, we will always value bitcoin for being the one that started it all, but it's time for a more dynamic and adaptable currency to take the lead.

Being number one mission is loaded to bitcoin by users. I somewhow doesn't understand this. Why do have to see bitcoin as number one? Can't there be any much better one out there? Of course there can be. So please stop commenting this type of things on bitcoin.

[Rinder]

To altcoins is more easy to get near to bitcoin, since bitcoin is limited to 21 milion, and the most of the altcoins getting close has a bigger supply then bitcoin, soo in the future it will be normal to see those coins to cross bitcoin maybe, since people pump and dump and always return home, bitcoin.

[Tamilson]

I thought for sure it would take until the end of 2018 but it looks like this summer ethereum might pass it up. With the turmoil around BTC potential splitting, it might be very soon. IMO this is healthy, we will always value bitcoin for being the one that started it all, but it's time for a more dynamic and adaptable currency to take the lead.

Being number one mission is loaded to bitcoin by users. I somewhow doesn't understand this. Why do have to see bitcoin as number one? Can't there be any much better one out there? Of course there can be. So please stop commenting this type of things on bitcoin.

Well what's wrong being no. 2 huh? As long as bitcoin have the same value as today, let's say $2,500 to $3,500, this would be fine.
I'm also a fan of Eth but I don't think it can surpass btc, maybe eth is following the success of btc but not necessarily mean it would be no. 1. We're not fortune teller, or no one here can predict it. Unless Nostradamus is here. Lol! So being no. 1 or 2 is not a big deal after all.

[linkme]

I thought for sure it would take until the end of 2018 but it looks like this summer ethereum might pass it up. With the turmoil around BTC potential splitting, it might be very soon. IMO this is healthy, we will always value bitcoin for being the one that started it all, but it's time for a more dynamic and adaptable currency to take the lead.

Yes, Ethereum will replace Bitcoin in the future, Bitcoin can not be in its first place so long but not that long, it will be at least 3 - 4 years from now when ETH completely replace Bitcoin, it's my own opinion