Could eth de-crown BTC in 2018?

[Phewphewphew]

I'm pretty bullish on both of them, but I always felt like eth could not reach BTC value, because of BTC first mover advantage and the fact that its supply is limited.
Also andreas antonopoulos lets me stay calm when people around me start spreading FUD that BTC is dying and its a dinosaur ( FYI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBnC9AhKjws I know its not really up to date but the facts remain the same)

now as ETH is rising again I can read the same things everywhere, that ETH will overtake BTC place in crypto, but I can't really believe it.

What do you guys think?

[ChrisCross86]

Bitcoin will be on top for a long time. And I hope that it will be so. A strong and growing Bitcoin is prerequisite for growth of whole market.

For most people crypto = Bitcoin and if something happens with BTC the whole market will suffer incl. all alts

[Neo.op]

I have been telling everybody for 1 year that Ethereum will settle in the first place because bitcoin transfer rates and charges are very bad

[cheesebaby]

Ethereum is no better when it comes to tx rates and fees..

[celtic99]

Eth will become the top crypto within a few months,  there marketcaps are already close with eth getting stronger everyday.  Ethereum does more transactions than all the other blockchains. 2018 is the year of eth.  BTC is still a good choice but I feel ethereum has much more uses.

[ethereumhunter]

although ethereum could replace bitcoin, I think it needs a long time to see ethereum could increase higher like what bitcoin did but the ethereum has a big chance to do this. but maybe, for now, ethereum will be other coins that we could use to reduce the fees from bitcoin and we can use ethereum to send and receive so we can sell ethereum to get bitcoin and then from bitcoin, we can exchange it into fiat. maybe this will a good idea for us to use ethereum to solve the fees of bitcoin.

[Shishir99]

It could happen.Ethereum might go to number 1 place.But i think it won't be good for whole cryptocurrency ecosystem.
From current perspective implementation of lighting network is mandatory for bitcoin.
So in my opinion bitcoin should be in no 1 position.

[makishart]

I'm pretty bullish on both of them, but I always felt like eth could not reach BTC value, because of BTC first mover advantage and the fact that its supply is limited.
Also andreas antonopoulos lets me stay calm when people around me start spreading FUD that BTC is dying and its a dinosaur ( FYI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBnC9AhKjws I know its not really up to date but the facts remain the same)

now as ETH is rising again I can read the same things everywhere, that ETH will overtake BTC place in crypto, but I can't really believe it.

What do you guys think?

I think that ethereum is slowly eating the market dominance of bitcoin itself. My guess for some years later and ethereum will able to take over the bitcoin as actual payment system.
Bitcoin is facing so many trouble with its scalability. That's why ethereum can take over the bitcoin.
Segwit doesn't help bitcoin a lot.

[CrazyJoker]

I'm pretty bullish on both of them, but I always felt like eth could not reach BTC value, because of BTC first mover advantage and the fact that its supply is limited.
Also andreas antonopoulos lets me stay calm when people around me start spreading FUD that BTC is dying and its a dinosaur ( FYI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBnC9AhKjws I know its not really up to date but the facts remain the same)

now as ETH is rising again I can read the same things everywhere, that ETH will overtake BTC place in crypto, but I can't really believe it.

What do you guys think?

For me it impossible that ETH can de -crown bitcoin for now because asked what we have noticed it's rating, their gap of this two crypto currency was far from each other.But I know this two will remain on it's position to be the two of the highest crytpto currency in this planet.

Agree with you. Yeah, ETH is more functional now and it has a great future. But BTC now still has higher rating. “Old participants of crypto world” trust this and newbie begin with it, too (sure, not everyone). So, time will tell. For my opinion, “crown of price” will be on BTC, “crown of using” - ETH

[aziernest]

bitcoin is what we all know, eth heh what's that? oh some altcoin/crypto currency, I see :-P

long story short, I don't see anything replacing bitcoin, but bitcoin may go out of reach from our hands and become some sort of reserve currency in coming years.

[RockBar0]

I do not believe that bitcoin can be replaced by any altcoin on the cryptocurrency market. Although Ethereum is also very good, but to replace bitcoin, Ethereum needs a lot of conditions to do that. Bitcoin is still receiving support from investors around the world, as corporations accepting the use of bitcoin in their payments has proven that bitcoin will go further.

[Mhz_evadah]

bitcoin is what we all know, eth heh what's that? oh some altcoin/crypto currency, I see :-P

long story short, I don't see anything replacing bitcoin, but bitcoin may go out of reach from our hands and become some sort of reserve currency in coming years.

Hence why it is being touted as digital gold. In the near future Eth will have its own set of competition, like it is to bitcoin, so the struggle for BTC's throne is a little more than a challenge for eth but also a competition.

[jurrell.case85]

neah, btc will always be n. 1

[Mhz_evadah]

Consider ADA and other new blockchain designs coming up. It proves that the current system leaves a lot to desire.

[olumyd]

neah, btc will always be n. 1

Being no. 1 comes with a very strenuous burden especially when you consider that Bitcoin has its own drawbacks. It simply is getting all the current attention because it was the first in the blockchain product line. But people are become better investors and are considering better investment opportunities as presented by blockchain enterprises.

[beebee187]

As much as I would love to see ethereum overtake bitcoin, I don't think we will see this happen anytime soon. Bitcoin is the undisputed king of crypto, and I believe this will remain the same in the near future.

[waynechong1995]

The shift of such crowning would bring drastic changes to the market, BTC has long prime and useful to stablise the market overall, but we have seems pretty bullish state of ETH where it doesn't get affected, still there are lots of coins are surviving due to BTC and crowning BTC would just annouce their death easily. Still i see no reason or benefit to pump ETH to a scale like BTC does cause many dapps are utilise their blockchain, when gases are too high they might just switch as there are many competitors flowing in like expanse, ubiq etc...

[MartiniBlanco]

Ethereum will not overtake Bitcoin in 2018. Bitcoin is the father of all coins and I think this will hold on for a long time. Maybe there are some real competitors in 5-10 years but they need to have a very good team and a nice concept to overtake BTC!

[jagdeepjd]

Lots of media are reporting on ETH too, and usually, when they do, they're very bullish on it and often saying how it's better than bitcoin.
There's lots of positive exposure and none of the negativity that bitcoin had to deal with.

but still, i think it will not de crown bitcoin just now. as bitcoin will also be coming up with updates like lightning network this year so scalability issue will be resolved to a certain extent.

[Poink]

Most are concentrated on BTC and ETH, meanwhile a dark horse is coming fast from behind unnoticed.

I don't know which, so your guess is as good as mine (maybe).