Ripple or Bitcoin

[freedomno1]

To celebrate and remember how far Ripple and Bitcoin have come got to throw this here and to acknowledge their all time high

A prayer to Ripple

Our Satoshi, who art in blockchain,
Encrypted be thy name
Thy transactions come
Thy will be done on ASICS
As it is on Github.
Give us this day our daily mining reward,
And forgive our zero-conf double-spends
As we forgive them that double-spend against us.
And lead us not into alt-chains
But deliver us from Ripple
For thine is the mining rig,
The hashing power, and the block reward,
For ever and ever
Amen.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=176077.0

Could Ripple XRP replace bitcoin before it is widely accepted?
If ripple allows users to send money instantly and almost fee free, with a pretty and easy to use UI.
Plenty of money to burn on advertising and reputation building.
Business and Financial connections likely to get them accepted on large merchant sites.
Why would the average person have any interest in Bitcoin?

More important could Ripple become controlled by business or government?

I'm not suggesting any of this is fact.
Just wanna hear the opinions of people that actually know stuff.

[pooya87]

I've been in cryptocurrency world for 10 years (since 2014) and in those years I've found that a lot of things change (prices drop, coins disappear, exchanges shut down, governments change, regulations flip flog, ...) but two things are always constant:

1. Bitcoin will always go up
2. Some people will always think some centralized shitcoin is going to replace bitcoin

[bigmanik]

To celebrate and remember how far Ripple and Bitcoin have come got to throw this here and to acknowledge their all time high

A prayer to Ripple

Our Satoshi, who art in blockchain,
Encrypted be thy name
Thy transactions come
Thy will be done on ASICS
As it is on Github.
Give us this day our daily mining reward,
And forgive our zero-conf double-spends
As we forgive them that double-spend against us.
And lead us not into alt-chains
But deliver us from Ripple
For thine is the mining rig,
The hashing power, and the block reward,
For ever and ever
Amen.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=176077.0

Could Ripple XRP replace bitcoin before it is widely accepted?
If ripple allows users to send money instantly and almost fee free, with a pretty and easy to use UI.
Plenty of money to burn on advertising and reputation building.
Business and Financial connections likely to get them accepted on large merchant sites.
Why would the average person have any interest in Bitcoin?

More important could Ripple become controlled by business or government?

I'm not suggesting any of this is fact.
Just wanna hear the opinions of people that actually know stuff.

This is not the first time people think a coin will replace Bitcoin due to one or two features that it has
The truth is that Bitcoin is the foundation of the crypto currency world, and I believe strongly that it can't and won't be replaced by any coin. not that i have anything against other cryptocurrencies. I still have other cryptocurrencies in my wallet, but the earlier we all accept that Bitcoin can't be replaced, the better

[freedomno1]

I've been in cryptocurrency world for 10 years (since 2014) and in those years I've found that a lot of things change (prices drop, coins disappear, exchanges shut down, governments change, regulations flip flog, ...) but two things are always constant:

1. Bitcoin will always go up
2. Some people will always think some centralized shitcoin is going to replace bitcoin

Hahaha Facts

If you invested $10,000 in $XRP on 1 January 2018

Today you’d still have $10,000 

[pooya87]

Hahaha Facts

If you invested $10,000 in $XRP on 1 January 2018

Today you’d still have $10,000 

In other words you would have been better off storing your $$$ in your bank account which would have given you some interest and $10k in 6 years would have given you 2-3 grands if I'm not mistaken

Here is another Fact.
If you had invested your bitcoins in XRP (which is what most altcoin investors do) you would be in a massive loss today because on 1 January 2018 XRP was worth 0.00020000BTC and today it is worth 0.00002000BTC which is 1/10
In other words 10 BTC invested in XRP on 1 January 2018 is worth only 1BTC today.

[mich]

Well Bitcoin is always going to be the choice if it comes to crypto. It is the biggest marketcap and when you think of crypto it is Bitcoin that does come to your mind.
But for a investor that wants to invest in a altcoin well then I would say right ow it has to be Ripple. I would say to invest in it more then to invest in Ethereum.
Alot of regulatory approvals will be coming soon for this token now the third largest. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/12/02/ripples-xrp-soars-over-40-as-regulatory-headwinds-let-up/

[criptoevangelista]

There are things that can only be invented once, like, there will never be another Beatles, another Elvis... or another Bitcoin.

The XRP's upward movement is just speculative to me, and says more about the SEC chairman than about the currency's quality per se. I think this movement was started by speculation combined with FOMO, and all of this is leading to a distortion of reality... soon the currency will return to normal, that is, losing value against Bitcoin, as has always happened.

[hero_the_bossman]

There are things that can only be invented once, like, there will never be another Beatles, another Elvis... or another Bitcoin.

The XRP's upward movement is just speculative to me, and says more about the SEC chairman than about the currency's quality per se. I think this movement was started by speculation combined with FOMO, and all of this is leading to a distortion of reality... soon the currency will return to normal, that is, losing value against Bitcoin, as has always happened.

Bitcoin is volatile, too - but it's more credible and has more potential, in my opinion.
Especially if you are prepared for the cycle that is happening right now - the rally is in full swing.

[betswift]

I've been in cryptocurrency world for 10 years (since 2014) and in those years I've found that a lot of things change (prices drop, coins disappear, exchanges shut down, governments change, regulations flip flog, ...) but two things are always constant:

1. Bitcoin will always go up
2. Some people will always think some centralized shitcoin is going to replace bitcoin

Some have too much faith in XRP - especially now during its increase in price.
Those two were created for similar reasons, but with different structures - thus, they can't be compared due to their nature, but people still think /speculate different things about them.
BTC is the way to go.

[fikrett]

Well Bitcoin is always going to be the choice if it comes to crypto. It is the biggest marketcap and when you think of crypto it is Bitcoin that does come to your mind.
But for a investor that wants to invest in a altcoin well then I would say right ow it has to be Ripple. I would say to invest in it more then to invest in Ethereum.
Alot of regulatory approvals will be coming soon for this token now the third largest. https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/12/02/ripples-xrp-soars-over-40-as-regulatory-headwinds-let-up/

XRP is on the rise currently, but let's not be foolish to see it going for a long time - I didn't hear anything other than that SEC suit being off for it to be staying the way it is.
Once the overall sentiment on the market is over, we may see another drop in its price again.

[john_egbert]

Hahaha Facts

If you invested $10,000 in $XRP on 1 January 2018

Today you’d still have $10,000 

If we are talking only in the investment field - BTC will always be better than anything.
Period.
 

[freedomno1]

Hahaha Facts

If you invested $10,000 in $XRP on 1 January 2018

Today you’d still have $10,000  

In other words you would have been better off storing your $$$ in your bank account which would have given you some interest and $10k in 6 years would have given you 2-3 grands if I'm not mistaken

Here is another Fact.
If you had invested your bitcoins in XRP (which is what most altcoin investors do) you would be in a massive loss today because on 1 January 2018 XRP was worth 0.00020000BTC and today it is worth 0.00002000BTC which is 1/10
In other words 10 BTC invested in XRP on 1 January 2018 is worth only 1BTC today.

If you diamond handed never sold your ripple and held to now the Bitcointalk airdrop was worth 1000 ripple congrats you got 3000 bucks haha it's fun to look back at it and recall the beef started really from the first Ripple posts on Bitcointalk.

But then you tried to sell them back in those days and got rug pulled on we exchange and got stuck with 50 ripple cause they only just reduced the min ripple held from 10 to 1 ah progress.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=337523.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=145506.0

Ripple is a scam!
Ripple is a get rich quick scheme for it's creators, a private for-profit company.
It is NOT open source. It is CENTRALIZED, akin to PayPal rather than Bitcoin.
(edit Old dead link heres a historical ref instead

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=212730.120 Classic

Down to 1 XRP stuck in reserve haha
https://thecryptobasic.com/2024/12/03/xrpl-account-reserve-reduced-to-1-xrp-as-operating-on-xrpl-now-10x-cheaper/

[Charles-Tim]

1. Bitcoin will always go up
2. Some people will always think some centralized shitcoin is going to replace bitcoin

The reason I do not like most altcoins is because they will give huge ROI during bull season but all can be taken if the profit is not sold during the bull season as the price of the coins will fall back during the bear season. If I see ripple back in $0.5 again in 2026, I will not be surprised.

Also a coin with a marketcap of almost 10 times more than ripple marketcap is not comparable.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I read a news lately about the market cap of ripple that has gone up and I observe that a lot of people are beginning to hype XRP that the price will just skyrocket to $1k soon, which is already causing some people  FOMO. I will be the last person to believe that XRP will even get to $10 in the next 10 year. To me, the coin just seem more like a stable coin because it doesn't usually show any impulsive growth during bull circles, if not it's supposed to have at least surpass and suspend above $5 by now but it has not.

[ultrloa]

I read a news lately about the market cap of ripple that has gone up and I observe that a lot of people are beginning to hype XRP that the price will just skyrocket to $1k soon, which is already causing some people  FOMO. I will be the last person to believe that XRP will even get to $10 in the next 10 year. To me, the coin just seem more like a stable coin because it doesn't usually show any impulsive growth during bull circles, if not it's supposed to have at least surpass and suspend above $5 by now but it has not.

Expect that to happen especially that XRP is currently hot in the eyes of some people following it since this coin is experiencing some good pump for past few days. I guess they look forward to see more from XRP that's why they keep telling positive and spread hype on everywhere they go.

New people should be careful on the hype brought up by those people and don't enter unsure then get FOMO by those situation. Better study the market first so that they will not fall on something they don't expect that might cause them to lose their money.

But let see if this coin could surpass more price since if that incident happen then provably all of its past holders will be so lucky.

[fikrett]

1. Bitcoin will always go up
2. Some people will always think some centralized shitcoin is going to replace bitcoin

The reason I do not like most altcoins is because they will give huge ROI during bull season but all can be taken if the profit is not sold during the bull season as the price of the coins will fall back during the bear season. If I see ripple back in $0.5 again in 2026, I will not be surprised.

Also a coin with a marketcap of almost 10 times more than ripple marketcap is not comparable.

Alt seasons exist for a reason.
All alts fall back once it ends, and they stay there to see another spark of light again during the next cycles.

[john_egbert]

I read a news lately about the market cap of ripple that has gone up and I observe that a lot of people are beginning to hype XRP that the price will just skyrocket to $1k soon, which is already causing some people  FOMO. I will be the last person to believe that XRP will even get to $10 in the next 10 year. To me, the coin just seem more like a stable coin because it doesn't usually show any impulsive growth during bull circles, if not it's supposed to have at least surpass and suspend above $5 by now but it has not.

Expect that to happen especially that XRP is currently hot in the eyes of some people following it since this coin is experiencing some good pump for past few days. I guess they look forward to see more from XRP that's why they keep telling positive and spread hype on everywhere they go.

New people should be careful on the hype brought up by those people and don't enter unsure then get FOMO by those situation. Better study the market first so that they will not fall on something they don't expect that might cause them to lose their money.

But let see if this coin could surpass more price since if that incident happen then provably all of its past holders will be so lucky.

FOMOing through the bull market is such a genuine and human thing to do.
We all were here - and we probably won't do it again due to how it usually ends 

[FortuneFollower]

I read a news lately about the market cap of ripple that has gone up and I observe that a lot of people are beginning to hype XRP that the price will just skyrocket to $1k soon, which is already causing some people  FOMO. I will be the last person to believe that XRP will even get to $10 in the next 10 year. To me, the coin just seem more like a stable coin because it doesn't usually show any impulsive growth during bull circles, if not it's supposed to have at least surpass and suspend above $5 by now but it has not.

The bull hasn't ended yet, and I think this trend for XRP will continue.
Indeed, 1k or 100$ or even 50$ for one unit - nah, too much. A FOMO Fairy tale.
But 4$-5$ - maybe.

[bitbollo]

I have also some good friend in the past that has "invested in xrp" because "it will be great coin better than bitcoin".
No absolutely no. If you start a phrase in that way you will lose money.

if you can understand why there is bitcoin and how it works you will never have any "shitcoin" doubt. This is not easy at all.
It forces you to think in a "different way". But once you get into, you will just buy/use bitcoin for your economics.
People think that bitcoin will made you rich. NO! It will made you free! Freedom is priceless.

[FortuneFollower]

I have also some good friend in the past that has "invested in xrp" because "it will be great coin better than bitcoin".
No absolutely no. If you start a phrase in that way you will lose money.

if you can understand why there is bitcoin and how it works you will never have any "shitcoin" doubt. This is not easy at all.
It forces you to think in a "different way". But once you get into, you will just buy/use bitcoin for your economics.
People think that bitcoin will made you rich. NO! It will made you free! Freedom is priceless.

BTC has clear goals put and set for itself, and it's decentralized.
XRP has the purpose of being as BTC and better, but it's centralized.
The question of which to choose is obvious.