why not everybody sell their bitcoin and buy etherium instead

[yanto@1977]

Etherium is a better coin since it also has the smart contract feature. There is nothing that you can do with bitcoin but you cant with etherium. So why not all people sell their bitcoin and buy etherium.

First, everybody has their own mindset and strategy, we can push everybody to do something without their permission. Second, it's their money, you can't do anything about it. Third, maybe they has bad experience with buy etherium maybe loss or holding too long. Last one, ask to yourself if your analyze wrong and they were wright, should they follow you? Have a nice day.

[triads]

Don't forget the pretty substantial spread in BTC vs. ETH price action.  Look at the two charts
side-by-side. Over the last 6 months, BTC has seen a much bigger rise in price that ETH.  That's
always going to keep people engaged, since their holding value is going up.

[Arkann]

Bitcoin and ethereum are still the best crypto-currency for long-term storage. There is no sense in translating all the bitcoins into the ethereum. I believe that it is necessary to keep some of your savings in bitcoin, with a significant part of it, and some in the ethereum. Bitcoin, in consequence of its great price, brings a greater profit than the ethereum due to the appreciation of the rate. This trend, apparently, will continue in the future.

[benedictonathan]

Ethereum might be a good contender against Bitcoin but I would agree on the opinions of the majority here that bitcoin is and will still be King of the Cryptojungle. Some might ridicule the supposed claim of Cryptocurrencies that it is decentralized (look at what happened on some occasions that few people tend to control the strings), also worth looking that bitcoin might not be that decentralized as it may seem.

[triads]

ETH also suffers from the drag of all the ICOs cashing out. That's the downside of the
Smart Contract capabilities. More ICOs happen on your platform. And then they all convert
to Dollars or Euros which drives the price down. That effect is much smaller with BTC.

[ryanben]

Etherium is a better coin since it also has the smart contract feature. There is nothing that you can do with bitcoin but you cant with etherium. So why not all people sell their bitcoin and buy etherium.

Because the present value of bitcoin is higher than ETH and BTC is the focus of attention in the market and everyone puts their trust in it.

[kirito1614]

Individuals won't offer their bitcoin for eth. Eth has been hacked such a large number of times, similarly as of the previous month there more than your fingers can check hacking occurrences that includes eth. That is so awful with respect to their notoriety, that is the reason individuals dithers to put all their cash there. You wouldn't have any desire to put all your cash in it with that kinda notoriety. So bitcoin is still most dependable as far as contributing and security. I'm not endeavoring to depreciate eth, on the grounds that I'm an eth speculator too I'm simply being reasonable on my judgment. Eth may have a major potential yet the security upsets it to outperform bitcoin.

[babsjoe]

These are different coin with different function. Ethereum can not be compare with security of bitcoin. bitcoin is absolutely tamper proof! And is not easy to reverse, double spend  or decript bitcoin.

[slaman29]

I would have thought that after all this time, and the hype about Bitcoin Cash and the hundreds of ETH tokens out there... we wouldn't see ETH shills. But here they come to prove me wrong.

Seriously? ETH is better because of smart contract? It's hardforking now because it needs to scale and wasn't secure enough for all the apps coming onboard. That's doing it backwards, but never mind.