What if another altcoin surpasses BTC in value?

[bitbollo]

I think ETH will surpass bitcoin in the marketcap  one day, because ETH is a reputable coin, investors are emerging to this altcoins. and ETH has alot of ICO.. so i think ETH will be in top .1 in coinmarketcap.

yes, it's even possible that ETH become the first coin in coinmarketcap.
Never heard about DAO platform or ETC (ethereum classic?) ? https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-ethereum-classic/
This example could help you to understand why probably eth is not the best option as altcoin.

[BitcoinCommodor]

What will you do if some altcoin (XMR or ETH for example surpasses the value of BTC, either in market cap or by the price of a token each? Will you sell your BTC to buy the more "valuable" coin, or continue using and holding BTC? Also, what do you think are the chances that it could happen? I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions.

i think it never happen but similar to bitcoin atleast ,if that will happen i think i will go to high value coin and invest a little in bitcoin then try to be expert in new coin like i search wallet or anything to know the new coins high than bitcoin

What do you understand by the term "Altcoin "? The new coin you're talking about is an Altcoin and so no new coin can be another Bitcoin even if their operations are similar and uses the blockchain as well.

Even there are altcoins or maybe the coins from splits,like BCH will not surpass btc value,btc can recover from downs. Btc will always be the superior among any coins.

most popular and some altcoin cant be popular with out bitcoin as a mother of all coin and nothing can ever compared i think and super agree with that no coin can surpass the btc now.

No other coin is competing to bitcoin in the market, price is not the main circle of influence popularity also matters and all over the world folks are talking about bitcoin because it is acceptable across many region and it is the most valuable and strong coin of era and no other coin can gain such a strength and value like bitcoin.

[Zorbak]

Of course it can be possible but very difficult.

Even people support some alts, every time BTC goes down market crashes... A lot of people use alts just to get more BTC. As I said it can happen... But not in the coming years.

[Pleione527]

As far as I know the valuation of all altcoins depends on the bitcoin because they consider it as the mother and the benchmark of their price so I don't think there would be an altcoin that can surpass the value of bitcoin and if that will happen maybe bitcoin is no longer the main crypto currency that is being accepted and use worldwide.

[Mr.Halfthel]

Bitcoin would then fall, because then many people will see that it has no potential anymore. Everyone will then invest in that altcoin. This is possible, because bitcoin is unstable.

However Bitcoin holds a massive amount of market price so i think that it would be not so easily.

[MiBambino]

I think ETH will surpass bitcoin in the marketcap  one day, because ETH is a reputable coin, investors are emerging to this altcoins. and ETH has alot of ICO.. so i think ETH will be in top .1 in coinmarketcap.

Bitcoin is also reputable, and a completely different animal. Eth is a platform, btc is an asset. I don't believe Eth will surpass btc but I wouldn't mind if it did

[jc89]

What will you do if some altcoin (XMR or ETH for example surpasses the value of BTC, either in market cap or by the price of a token each? Will you sell your BTC to buy the more "valuable" coin, or continue using and holding BTC? Also, what do you think are the chances that it could happen? I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions.

I'm not gonna sell my btc due to the reason that an altcoin surpassed its value in any sense. Everything is possible and will likely happen depending on the circumstances so there might be a chance that an altcoin took btc's place. Don't hate me on this I'm just an open minded person. So, let's say that it actually happens I'll continue investing in btc and invest with the said altcoin using my money instead of having to sell btc. In that case, I will have more investments in various coins.

[Mister1k]

I think ETH will surpass bitcoin in the marketcap  one day, because ETH is a reputable coin, investors are emerging to this altcoins. and ETH has alot of ICO.. so i think ETH will be in top .1 in coinmarketcap.

Bitcoin is also reputable, and a completely different animal. Eth is a platform, btc is an asset. I don't believe Eth will surpass btc but I wouldn't mind if it did

Not only ETH, even BCH or bitcoin gold which gonna come in future also will reach to you but none of the coins will reach to the market value what bitcoin's value and it's growth. There are many adoption is upcoming with the bitcoin and its all platform where all people are investing to it.

[GoodForGood]

What will you do if some altcoin (XMR or ETH for example surpasses the value of BTC, either in market cap or by the price of a token each? Will you sell your BTC to buy the more "valuable" coin, or continue using and holding BTC? Also, what do you think are the chances that it could happen? I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions.

Ultimately, the currency will win, which will have the most developed infrastructure and the most deshovaya in use.
The course does not affect the future of the currency.
Therefore, I will keep my bitcoins.

[bryant.coleman]

I think ETH will surpass bitcoin in the marketcap  one day, because ETH is a reputable coin, investors are emerging to this altcoins. and ETH has alot of ICO.. so i think ETH will be in top .1 in coinmarketcap.

It is not going to happen for the next 100 years I guess. Look at the number of users. ETH is miles behind Bitcoin in that regard. And look at the number of places accepting ETH. Compared to the number of stores and shops accepting BTC, the same for ETH is quite minuscule. And recently, the ETH adoption has suffered several setbacks, especially in China.

[joebrook]

There is always the possibility of that happening and in my opinion, it's going to happen very soon. As soon as investors see that bitcoin is not giving them enough profits and they view that another cryptocurrency is going to give them the exact thing, they are going to flock towards it and make their money.

[MiBambino]

I think ETH will surpass bitcoin in the marketcap  one day, because ETH is a reputable coin, investors are emerging to this altcoins. and ETH has alot of ICO.. so i think ETH will be in top .1 in coinmarketcap.

It is not going to happen for the next 100 years I guess. Look at the number of users. ETH is miles behind Bitcoin in that regard. And look at the number of places accepting ETH. Compared to the number of stores and shops accepting BTC, the same for ETH is quite minuscule. And recently, the ETH adoption has suffered several setbacks, especially in China.

Eth isn't a currency, it has a higher chance of getting industrial adoption, but individual adoption will be thanks to bitcoin no doubt

[Bruce Wayne]

It it does, and it's possible, I guess you can just use your bitcoin or other crypto to buy it.

[tr3yson]

What will you do if some altcoin (XMR or ETH for example surpasses the value of BTC, either in market cap or by the price of a token each? Will you sell your BTC to buy the more "valuable" coin, or continue using and holding BTC? Also, what do you think are the chances that it could happen? I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions.

Actually, I'm not thinking about it because I believe that it is a bit impossible at this moment, looking only the values and gaps of bitcoin and other altcoins. Despite some speculations that ETH will sooner or later take over BTC and will be the next BTC and the hard forks that happened, look at where bitcoin is right now, it is miles away from the other. Well, we cannot ignore the fact that there's a possibility, who knows right but I guess that's only a tiny one and it will surely take more and more years before it will gonna happen.

[S A KHAIR]

I think It is not possible cause no other coin is able to reach near the BTC. But, If will happen that any altcoin surpasses BTC then there is nothing to be worry cause Market will be more stronger and we will find a good competition.

[1l1l11ll1l]

What will you do if some altcoin (XMR or ETH for example surpasses the value of BTC, either in market cap or by the price of a token each? Will you sell your BTC to buy the more "valuable" coin, or continue using and holding BTC? Also, what do you think are the chances that it could happen? I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions.

maybe ethereum is the only altcoin that has that potential. but we will not know what will happen in the future. at this time a lot of new altcoins are appearing and I think one of them will appear altcoin which also has the potential to beat bitcoin.

[razzbee]

I think It is not possible cause no other coin is able to reach near the BTC. But, If will happen that any altcoin surpasses BTC then there is nothing to be worry cause Market will be more stronger and we will find a good competition.

Well Anything can happen, especially these altcoins claiming to be banks has a lot of great potential in the near future since they will be greatly regulated

[MiBambino]

I think It is not possible cause no other coin is able to reach near the BTC. But, If will happen that any altcoin surpasses BTC then there is nothing to be worry cause Market will be more stronger and we will find a good competition.

Well Anything can happen, especially these altcoins claiming to be banks has a lot of great potential in the near future since they will be greatly regulated

No real altcoin claims to be a bank, some claim to offer banking services like Change, TenX, ... but they'll stay a lot more decentralised. If any alt surpasses BTC its a BTC fork

[Mobshady24]

well i think if that is gonna happen maybe something is wrong with the market or i mean cryptos has been disrupt by some events that could possibly force bitcoin go down and some altcoins will beat it in value. But theoretically as of now that is impossible, if bitcoin value goes down way hard, other cryptos might go down as well since they have significant direct relationship because they circulate on the same place which is the blockchain.

[katiecbell]

When Bitcoin prices starts falling, every single altcoin starts doing the same thing, so i really don't see this happening! If Bitcoins dies, the whole crypto space will die with it.

There is no other coin competing bitcoin in the market and about ZCASH who know about it, price is not the main circle of influence popularity also matters and all over the world folks are talking about bitcoin because it is acceptable across many region and it is the most valuable and strong coin of era and no other coin can gain such a popularity and progress.