Will Ethereum last forever?

[Baihaki Khaizan]

as you have said, everything is not eternal, but for generations we will continue to be able to see the existence of ethereum will continue to grow.  BTC, ETH, and other Altcoins are part of the commodities that will always be in demand, except they will disappear when there is a change in activity in the world, where the internet network is dead.

[Ararbermas]

It's hard to say if it's gonna be there forever. But i believe it has a chance to surpass BTC and become the crypto #1. It's improving and makes a lot for crypto market and not only when BTC is just a store of value.

nope mate. Its impossible because bitcoin growth rates is more faster than ethereum, probably we may see a situation that makes ethereum market cap higher than bitcoin but when it comes which has potential to skyrocket always between these two currency that should be bitcoin.. Indeed if ethereum always jump to the highest level probably it's now at the top because bitcoin always fluctuate when it makes a progress unlike ethereum. but as you can see bitcoin still the fastest crypto in the market wherein reason those competitors can't take over, for me ethereum is good only for long run not the same with bitcoin that even you short term there's a possibility you can obtain masive profits.

[maxreish]

As long as there is an investor that patronize cryptocurrency,  such crypto coins like ETH will still stay longer. If it's forever or not, depends on the future's  threat to the recent digital currency. The fact that ethereum has been very useful in crypto industry in many ways and to think that it help many investors in a financial way, too. I do think it will gonna lasts 'til it's been being used by many of us.

[Marvell1]

Not like Ethereum the gas sometimes is so high. Nevertheless it is still on rank #2.

EIP-1559, ETH's upgrade will introduce changes to the fees of the Ethereum network.If it goes according to the roadmap, then it will help ETH attract more projects. and continues to assert ETH's position as the king of altcoins.

[bitterguy28]

even bitcoin is being questioned if will last forever or now so what more for ethereum. this coin is secondary to bitcoin so this will all be depend on how the market and the people support this coin.
if this will go up high and find more support and believers then why not? but i believe that there is no forever in this world , our life even has end so what about cryptocurrencies?

[lablab03]

Of course it will last as long as crypto market still exist, as the matter of fact ethereum is one of the mos trusted and most reliable crypto currency in the market, so IMO there's no way it will gonna disappear,  coz its not the same with other altcoins that don't have good team that can always fix some error or issues and can make good improvement just to make the project last.  Ethereum is different bro don't insist that it will end up nothing like those altcoin that suddenly disappear in the market..

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

So far, Ethereum biggest rival is the BSC platform, but the existence of BSC has not been able to shift Ethereum position as one of the most popular altcoin. As long as crypto continue, Ethereum will grow even more in the future.

Binance smartchain is only getting the attention it's currently receiving just because Ethereum network has high fees associated with it.  Apart form that, if you want to compare both blockchain and the utility they're currently providing, the binance blockchain can't stand head to head with that of ethereum.

Ethereum has been in the business for quite some time that It'll take binance smartchain years to catch up and guess what, the moment the whole high fees stuff is solved with ethereum, everyone will return back to the Ethereum blockchain leaving that of binance Smartchain irrelevant.

BNB though won't go down without a fight, we all know the CEO CZ is one determined individual and will be willing to do all it takes to stay relevant which will means getting the network more centralized than it's currently is. Decentralization is a community thing and not one individual, that's where Ethereum will always be better than Binance smartchain. Ethereum itself isn't totally decentralized but it's the closest to that when considering all the smart contract related projects trying to accomplish this.

[MSN02]

I don’t think that any technology will last forever. Technology is constantly changing and improving so no ETH won’t last forever but it will definitely last 5 years. I’ve invested in projects that I believe will still be around in 5 years, that’s why I’ve invested in ETH because I think it’ll still be around. With this being said, ETH has to step its game up because it’s way to fucking expensive to use. Projects like NEAR are much cheaper and faster. NEAR literally does everything that ETH 2.0 has promised, it just doesn’t have the same hype yet. This is why I don’t think it’ll last forever because when mass adoption happens which I don’t think it will for another 5-10 years, projects that can take this amount of people on the chain will win out and ETH has shown so far that it can’t!

[avarnet]

It's like Ethereum can last a long time unless the modern world no longer uses the internet as a tool needed in accessing the internet, crypto, so while the internet still has food, ethereum still lasts a long time as an investment tool and transaction tool in the modern world, the crypto market too stay active and there are competitors' odds for odds against ETH

[Karartma1]

The market's expecting a real boom for Ethereum with the highly anticipated London Update.
Within 2 days, the entire Ethereum system will complete its transition to version 2.0.
To be more precise, the launch of the mainnet that will bring to a conclusion the entire transition process of Ethereum will take place on August 4, 2021.
This will involve the transition from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus algorithm to a Proof of Stake (PoS), which will make the Ethereum blockchain probably more scalable.
The upgrade will also bring a real revolution from the point of view of the calculation and fee structure within the protocol. As of August 4, 2021, for each transaction that'll be recorded on the blockchain, the fees that previously went entirely to the miner will be divided into two parts. One part will continue to go to the miners, while the remaining part will be destroyed by the network.
This means that the ETH token finally would likely find a cap. I mean, hopefully.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Of course Ethereum will last forever, because Ethereum is ranked 2 on coinmarketcap and Ethereum is the king of altcoin, so if Ethereum can't survive in the long term, then I believe that altcoin will likely be destroyed too, therefore as long as people still believe to investing in altcoin or cryptocurrency, then of course Ethereum will always survive until whenever, so you should never be afraid to investing in Ethereum, because the safest altcoin to invest is Ethereum.

becoming 2nd ranked doesn't mean this coin will last forever, as far as i know the rank is rather fluctuative and could change anytime even if the gap between the market capitalization is huge doesn't mean that gap can't be reached by another coin fast. but maybe eth could still be alive even if the market cap is low, so yes maybe it could persist for another decade maybe.

[bakasabo]

Nothing lasts forever in this world, even if it's a coin. But having hope is also very important. We always hope that ETH and other coins will always have a good future ..and grow in the long term. It all also depends on the voltage in the market space. If ETH enthusiasts and investors grow, I think he will have a long future.

I agree that nothing lasts forever, but what really can kill Ethereum? Switching off all the miners? Making claims and accusations against Ethereum and its creators?
I think it is nearly impossible to kill Ethereum, as there are so many projects running on Ethereum network, that wont simply leave or migrate to other blockchain so quickly, that newer projects wont have time appear and devs have time to power off the network.

[distr@yopmail.com]

Nothing lasts forever in this world, even if it's a coin. But having hope is also very important. We always hope that ETH and other coins will always have a good future ..and grow in the long term. It all also depends on the voltage in the market space. If ETH enthusiasts and investors grow, I think he will have a long future.

I agree that nothing lasts forever, but what really can kill Ethereum? Switching off all the miners? Making claims and accusations against Ethereum and its creators?
I think it is nearly impossible to kill Ethereum, as there are so many projects running on Ethereum network, that wont simply leave or migrate to other blockchain so quickly, that newer projects wont have time appear and devs have time to power off the network.

It has been many years that Ethereum and Network has been developed to be used by many projects. not because of the problem of high transaction fees, then it will kill ethereum. I'm sure that won't be possible.
ethereum has grown enormously with a strong community. they dedicate their time and money not only in a short time. we saw how ethereum grew from the bottom to the top. of course, it will be difficult to overthrow it.

[RussianEnglishTranslation]

Ever since Ethereum was created in 2015, the whole crypto/Blockchain space improved in many ways that were never imagined. The ICO trend of 2017, and the current "De-Fi"/NFTs hype are all attributed to Ethereum's ever-rising popularity in the mainstream world. If it wasn't because of Ethereum, we wouldn't had a plethora of smart contract platforms to choose from. The crypto/Blockchain space would've been focused solely on finance, instead of serving as a hub for decentralized applications.

It's been 6 years since ETH came into inception, and now the smart contract platform is the second-largest blockchain network in the world. Some people compare ETH to BTC because of its focus on decentralization unlike any other cryptocurrency on the market today. As of this date, Ethereum has a large number of miners and nodes keeping the blockchain alive and healthy. If ETH continues to grow, it could live alongside Bitcoin for many years. But we all know that nothing lasts forever.

What's your opinion on this? Will Ethereum last forever? Or will it eventually die? Do you think it'll retain its place as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap for long? If not, why? Do competitors stand a chance against ETH? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Ethereum will continue even without ETH 2.0 with staking because Aurora on NEAR protocol scales Ethereum with sharding right now.

[Macadonian]

Nothing lasts for ever including Bitcoin and fiat if you look at history of currencies they have all moved on to something different sooner or later and that will be the same for Bitcoin and ethereum.

[Macadonian]

of course ETH will continue to exist, as long as crypto development continues, ETH will be a platform for new projects that have sprung up and several others have also become platforms and will increase more and more, seeing crypto grow very rapidly this year.

Why will it continue to exist? Development does not mean its bettering the project and development could make the project worse.

[smyslov]

What's your opinion on this? Will Ethereum last forever? Or will it eventually die? Do you think it'll retain its place as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap for long? If not, why? Do competitors stand a chance against ETH? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Nothing last forever but for technology to continue it must evolve it cannot stay as it is a new technology within technology will continue to come and challenge the leading one if Ethereum stay as long as it can,  they need to continue evolved and there should be new developers to take over we cannot expect Buterin to live forever and this world is not meant to be forever.

[Jackl87]

Ever since Ethereum was created in 2015, the whole crypto/Blockchain space improved in many ways that were never imagined. The ICO trend of 2017, and the current "De-Fi"/NFTs hype are all attributed to Ethereum's ever-rising popularity in the mainstream world. If it wasn't because of Ethereum, we wouldn't had a plethora of smart contract platforms to choose from. The crypto/Blockchain space would've been focused solely on finance, instead of serving as a hub for decentralized applications.

It's been 6 years since ETH came into inception, and now the smart contract platform is the second-largest blockchain network in the world. Some people compare ETH to BTC because of its focus on decentralization unlike any other cryptocurrency on the market today. As of this date, Ethereum has a large number of miners and nodes keeping the blockchain alive and healthy. If ETH continues to grow, it could live alongside Bitcoin for many years. But we all know that nothing lasts forever.

What's your opinion on this? Will Ethereum last forever? Or will it eventually die? Do you think it'll retain its place as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap for long? If not, why? Do competitors stand a chance against ETH? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

In my humble opinion i would say that Ethereum will be here "forever" and with forever i mean of course as long as cryptos exist and i also think that it will stay the number 2 cryptocurrency for a long time. I would even say that the odds of becoming number 1 in terms of marketcap are higher than the odds of becoming number 10. In the end Ethereum offers just the greatest variety of functionality and most projects are built upon ethereum or on some layer 2 solutions that are running on ethereum. In the end the binance smart chain is also not more than a blatant copy of Ethereum with some tweaks to it. If Ethereum manages to keep the transaction fees at an acceptable level then i see no coin that could push ETH away from the second place.

[gurunanakji777]

I hope it will because the dev Vitalik is quite active. He regularly upgrading the Ethereum network time to time even tomorrow also we are expecting London hardfork and I hope after this hardfork Ethereum can boom even I think Ethereum can surpass BTC in future. At present only BNB is giving tough fight to Ethereum for 2nd place but we can not say surely that any of them will lose its place or reach no 1 by surpassing BTC.

[Review Master]

I guess no because there are strong competitors that will challenge Ethereum especially its very terrifying gas fee. Now it is undesirable to use. Actually I don't buy the tokens that I know erc20 because of gas fee. I always try to invest in bsc projects even just a small penny of investment.

That's not possible if you just comparing based on gas/transection fee as most anticipated london hardfork will solve that problem. Even gas price almost back to normal/affordable one before the implementation of EIP 1559 through london hardfork. If you just wanna compare based on gas fee, than polygon has less gas fee as compare to bsc. TBH, there will be more competitors of Ethereum in future which will sure to make ethereum more strong as those competitors will just enter the market by saying "Next gen Ethereum" or "Ethereum killer". But those will improve by their own concept, not like being a real ethereum killer.