Etherum overtake bitcoin marketcap?

[yohananaomi]

How long until this happens?

no one knows about that dude. Ethereum needs at least 5x increase to be able to surpass the bitcoin marketcap. That being said that if ethereum is quite impossible to make happen. This time bitcoin is facing another drop again.
Just hope bitcoin will go to the bottom and ethereum can still sustain its position.
I know that's impossible to happen.

true, we will not know and unpredictable but if we ask whether it is possible, it could happen and nothing is impossible. but I agree with the colleagues above that we also have to be realistic looking at the fact, that it is true that the market cap of bitcoin is very hig, with common sense and analysis may be difficult for ethereum to replace.

at this time it is true that bitcoin has decreased and we really hope that this year is the year altcoin,  does not result in ethereum being eroded by the state of bitcoin.
Looking at ethereum at this time I see that ethereum is showing its strength and can still keep up with bitcoin movements with a still good price. hopefully it will be maintained so that all altcoins also remain stable.

[blue_nexus15]

How long until this happens?

This is not possible at current cycle conditions.  Though the volatility at the end of 2020 is huge.  The total supply of ETH is nearly 7 times that of bitcoin.  In contrast, bitcoin's value hit a staggering 26 times the value of ETH.  Looking back, in 2017 the Bitcoin and ETH gap was 14 times. This gap is getting bigger.  This proves, bitcoin is irreplaceable.  And thus, an impossible task for ETH.

[arjuna BTC]

How long until this happens?

are you kidding mate ?
because i don't really understand why ask this question, because ethereum will never evertake the bitcoin marketcap buddy

[GreekCoiner]

No way that ever happens. Stop writing such posts guys! BTC was the first and it will always be. BTW, since the dominance is more than 60%, this is far away from happening.

[rhomelmabini]

How long until this happens?

Looks like it will take a lot of time or it does not have a chance to happen at all. Looks like it will be USDTs Tether out of the blue printing will be the one to surpass it compare to Ethereum, if it increases it's circulation to a trillion or more then that's the one can beat Bitcoin in market cap but that isn't a healthy one to be honest.

[jaocoincrypto18]

How long until this happens?

The difference is in the way they are adopted. Bitcoin is individuals using & holding BTC, Ethereum adoption is about companies building DApps into the ecosystem, which is currently limited by the scaling etc of Ethereum. In order for Ethereum to get a higher market cap than Bitcoin it first has to fix the scalability issues it keeps hitting & the changing fees. Without that, companies will turn to alternatives or create their own code-base forks of the protocol to just run their services.

[posi]

ETH can not overtake BTC cap cause Bitcoin was the coin that introduced cryptocurrency to the world and it will be hard for any other crypto to defeat Bitcoin. Besides, the reason behind the creation of Bitcoin is different from ETH and the last I checked BTC was said to be "electronic cash without the burdens of going through a financial institution" while ETH was "created as a cryptocurrency which will also help in the creation of new crypto."

So far ETH has been number 2 simply because it has fake circulating supply (a ginormous premine that is not in circulation), I wouldn't be surprised if they printed a lot more in their 2.0 scam.
Still nobody would give a crap though

I must admit that I didn't know about hidden ETH premine that is not part of circulation. Up until now I thought that 72 million ETH was premined (12 million for the team and 60 for investors) and that those are included in the current ~114 million circulating supply.

This was the ETH team statement but the research I did when I join the cryptocurrency scheme before I choose ETH one of my favorite shows that there was a misconception in the community about an additional 12 Million pre-mined coins which was actually 12 Million coins that belong to the DEV. You know? news spreads fast and only a few people will do deep research about what really happens.

[makishart]

How long until this happens?

are you kidding mate ?
because i don't really understand why ask this question, because ethereum will never evertake the bitcoin marketcap buddy

This question is not relevant with the reality that happened in the market. he can visit CMC and try to see whether ethereum has a chance to get more domination from bitcoin while so many major investors started to get into the bitcoin.
it will never happen. Talking about that when the domination of ethereum is very small is totally non sense thing.

[bassbity]

How long until this happens?

Ethereum won't be a doubt until recently for its holders. If you look at the movement of Ethereum it will be difficult to read this year. we need to be part of the growth in the Ethereum market. possibly exceeding its ATH. because although the current increase looks significant, but the ATH line has not been seen. but don't hesitate, I'm sure Ethereum won't disappoint you.

[Abiky]

This won't be possible in the foreseeable future. Don't be mistaken, I love Ethereum as well as I love Bitcoin but when it comes to Marketcap, Bitcoin is still miles ahead, not forgetting that it's market dominance is still high up there.

As of now, Bitcoin's Market cap is around $674,011,136,456 at $36K which means Ether would have to be worth $5,895 each in order to achieve that market cap at the current circulating supply of 114,321,183 ETH.

Ask yourself this, do you think Ether's price can rise by almost 500% while Bitcoin's price just remains stagnant at $36K?

Exactly. Right now, it looks impossible for Ethereum to overtake Bitcoin's market cap. The discrepancy between both crypto assets' market cap is huge. As it's been said many times, Ethereum won't be able to overcome Bitcoin because the latter has first-mover advantage. Bitcoin is the "King of Crypto" with a solid foundation built upon it. Ethereum may be good, but it's not as good as Bitcoin is. The pioneer cryptocurrency is the most decentralized cryptocurrency in the world with unique store of value properties. Ethereum, on the other hand, is much more vulnerable than Bitcoin towards external attacks, and it's terrible as a store of value (it has an inflationary model with no hard cap in supply). Before you know it, Bitcoin will rise towards new ATHs, leaving ETH in the dust.

Nonetheless, ETH overcoming BTC is only a dream. If it does come true, expect all of the attention to go towards ETH instead of BTC. By then, Bitcoin will lose its status as the reserve cryptocurrency of the market. Ethereum will take its place becoming the new "King of Crypto". The odds of this happening are very slim. One thing that I've learned throughout all of my years in crypto is that the industry is widely unpredictable. Anything can happen in this strange and bizarre world of crypto. In the meantime, let's focus on ETH's utility rather than speculating what its price will be in the future. Just my thoughts

[Shasha80]

In my opinion there will never be an Ethereum overtake the Bitcoin market cap, because Bitcoin has always dominated the market. After all,
Ethereum's movements always follow Bitcoin, so it's impossible for Ethereum to surpass the Bitcoin market cap. This is indeed a reality that
must be accepted for Ethereum supporters, because Ethereum will always be below Bitcoin, until whenever Bitcoin will always be the best.

[Reid]

There must be something wrong if that happens. 
Looking at graphs of both Bitcoin and Ethereum, it is more likely that ETH is growing strong thanks to Bitcoin.
Now, if suddenly it goes sideways like how you imagine it then it could cause a lot of problems.
Trust in cryptocurrencies.
Faith. Then the market might fall because of that.
I think of Bitcoin as the root of everything, take out the root and you won't have any fruits.

[bluebit25]

In my opinion there will never be an Ethereum overtake the Bitcoin market cap, because Bitcoin has always dominated the market. After all,
Ethereum's movements always follow Bitcoin, so it's impossible for Ethereum to surpass the Bitcoin market cap. This is indeed a reality that
must be accepted for Ethereum supporters, because Ethereum will always be below Bitcoin, until whenever Bitcoin will always be the best.

Agree with your point of view, as we all see that here bitcoin is the basis for us to start accessing and using things in this market. And as the demand grows, its value will still increase, the remaining alt in this market, in my opinion, is created and served for the purpose of acquiring bitcoin.

[OcTradism]

It is a challenge for Ethereum but I don't say it is impossible. ETH/BTC price as percent shows it is possible for Ethereum.

Bitcoin marketcap: $592,314,286,374
Ethereum marketcap: $140,463,256,835

Ethereum need a x4.2 rise from its price today and bitcoin stays at today price to touch bitcoin marketcap. From 3.85% to 15% is x3.9 that is close to x4.2. I don't check but I think Ethereum has bigger and faster supply issuing rate than bitcoin.

[lepbagong]

Let's say that Ethereum tokens can have a much higher price than it is at present or even be close to the current Bitcoin price, which however Ethereum will not be able to replace Bitcoin either, because when Ethereum moves upward, Bitcoin will also not stand still, and Usually we see that when Bitcoin moves upward, Ethereum follows suit, so price wise the two are never close.

correct prediction friends, as friend have explained that it is not upside down where the price of ethereum rises and bitcoin goes up but the truth is, what happens with bitcoin, ethereum usually will follow, like kings and queens just like.
So how can the market cap go through to get close it seems like it is impossible for ethereum to do it. even though people say in crypto it can happen, if it does happen usually crypto might be finished.

[jacafbiz]

I don't know why some people keep asking this question, it is the market that is going to decide if Ethereum Marketcap would flip that of Bitcoin, for me I think Ethereum is even in danger of being flip than Ethereum flipping Bitcoin, a project like Polkadot has potential of flipping Ethereum this bull market IMO

[elisabetheva]

I don't know why some people keep asking this question, it is the market that is going to decide if Ethereum Marketcap would flip that of Bitcoin, for me I think Ethereum is even in danger of being flip than Ethereum flipping Bitcoin, a project like Polkadot has potential of flipping Ethereum this bull market IMO

is actually a fair question and see the enthusiasm of all about that possibility, which I think is hard to realize however much ethereum wants to do. because we clearly know when bitcoin increases or decreases, we can be sure that ethereum also experiences it, so it will not be possible, because the price difference continues.

Likewise as you said about the polka dots that will likely try to overthrow ethereum. As long as ethereum's performance is still good and doesn't deviate, it will be difficult for any altcoin to replace or even shift it. the problem of high gas fees alone is that everyone still cannot avoid continuing to use ethereum, even though some have tried to find other alternatives.
polkadot is no different when XRP is also reported like that, so it's no wonder everyone can assume that in the future there will be a determination.

[Wawa2013]

If anyone hopes that the Ethereum market cap will surpass the Bitcoin market cap like that you will be disappointed. Because this will never happen,
if we look at the market cap comparison the two are very much different. Bitcoin has never even been defeated by any coins, even though many coins
have better technology than Bitcoin. But until now Bitcoin has always dominated the market. Because of that Ethereum will not be able to beat Bitcoin
at any time.

[bitkanu]

If anyone hopes that the Ethereum market cap will surpass the Bitcoin market cap like that you will be disappointed. Because this will never happen,
if we look at the market cap comparison the two are very much different. Bitcoin has never even been defeated by any coins, even though many coins
have better technology than Bitcoin. But until now Bitcoin has always dominated the market. Because of that Ethereum will not be able to beat Bitcoin
at any time.

Bitcoin has ever defeated by ethereum in the past and if you are not an old crypto adopter and you will not see that. This time bitcoin is much more superior consider from its domination.
It's an impossible thing for ethereum to replace bitcoin while bitcoin is still  dominating everything.

[longyenthanh]

If anyone hopes that the Ethereum market cap will surpass the Bitcoin market cap like that you will be disappointed. Because this will never happen,
if we look at the market cap comparison the two are very much different. Bitcoin has never even been defeated by any coins, even though many coins
have better technology than Bitcoin. But until now Bitcoin has always dominated the market. Because of that Ethereum will not be able to beat Bitcoin
at any time.

Bitcoin has ever defeated by ethereum in the past and if you are not an old crypto adopter and you will not see that. This time bitcoin is much more superior consider from its domination.
It's an impossible thing for ethereum to replace bitcoin while bitcoin is still  dominating everything.

You are very confident, but in a few years Bitcoin's dominance may not be that great. At the moment, the majority of projects that appear on the market are on the Ethereum platform. If the implementation of Ethereum 2.0 will be successful and it significantly reduces the fee costs, then in a few years ETH may replace the BTC as the leader.