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January 30, 2026, 07:15:08 AM
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In every single settings, the higher the price the steeper it gets to climb, cause the amount of liquidity required to move it upward will be much more compared to other commodities or coins whose price are lower, so with time, the amount of gains will keep reducing, so yeah, don't be surprised that other coins outperformed Bitcoin, but if you compare their current price standing and gain made to Bitcoin, you'll find out Bitcoin did better.

10 years ago(2015) until now, Eth was under $1 around $0.3 at starting price, and had made over 300,00% gain this year, meanwhile, Bitcoin in 2011 was also around the same price, by 2021, it made over 15M+% increase, so you see, the comparison is quiet large, cause the higher the price, the steeper it gets, and even now, there is more liquidity in the market compared to them, but yet it did great.

So yes, other coins can and do outperform Bitcoin over this initial decade, because they are starting from a very low market cap,  but Bitcoin’s performance relative to its size, age, and liquidity is unmatched.

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February 01, 2026, 05:55:53 PM
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10 years ago Bitcoin was not so popular but instead of time the demand for Bitcoin has increased a lot and the price has also increased a lot. Now if you look at the performance of 10 years, Bitcoin has done better than altcoins, Bitcoin has been the best in the past and will be the best in the future. Yes, you can expect to make more profit than Bitcoin by investing in Altcoin but Altcoin is very risky, you risk losing all your money here, and you don't know which altcoin will do well. You look at popular currencies like ETH and SOL, how well have these coins done in the last 5 years? On the other hand, if you invest in Bitcoin and hold on for a long time, you can expect profit, although the price of Bitcoin will not increase quickly, but hopefully at some point in the future the price of Bitcoin will be 1 million dollars, which is a matter of time and I agree here that it will not be like in the past and should not expect to make a profit like in the past.
Altcoins have always been my second choice no matter what. Bitcoins have been my preference and will be always. This is the mentality most of us will have even though we have a major chunk of portfolio filled with altcoins. Altcoins too can be a better source of investment if compared to other assets, but bitcoins will always be the mother of cryptocurrencies and will remain on the top. Majority of people who have investments in cryptocurrencies have bitcoins somewhere on their portfolio.

Few prefer holding bitcoins for longer duration while few prefer trading futures to make good money for short term. Bitcoins have given us the opportunity to invest freely and let's not forget, altcoins exist only because of bitcoins. Even I can see bitcoins going above and beyond in the future and that is the reason I would always keep a chunk of my portfolio with bitcoins. Even if bitcoins show steady growth, I can still be assured that the profits will not wipe out, and the investment will carry minimum risk.



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February 01, 2026, 10:52:44 PM
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The snapshot of crypto prices (in USD) 20 January, 2016

Bitcoin (BTC) 420.23 (+ 211.71x in ten years 2016-2026)
XRP (XRP) 0.005381 (+ 353.09x)
Litecoin (LTC) 3.3885 (+ 20.17x)
Etherum (ETH) 1.5318 (+ 1931.27x)
Dash (DASH) 4.7742 (+ 14.44x)
Dogecoin (DOGE) 0.000168 (+ 745.24x)
Peercoin (PPC) 0.4218 (-21%)
Stellar (XLM) 0.001821 (+ 116.42x)
Factom (FCT) 0.9319 (-100%)
BitShares (BTS) 0.003163 (-64%)

SIMPLE AVERAGE + 339.35x in ten years 2016-2026
AVERAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MARKET CAP + 240x in ten years 2016-2026

The snapshot of crypto prices (in USD) 20 January, 2021

Bitcoin (BTC) 35547.75 (+ 84.59x in five years 2016-2021; + 2.50x in five years 2021-2026)
XRP (XRP) 0.2965 (+ 55.10x; + 6.41x)
Litecoin (LTC) 149.93 (+ 44.25x; -54%)
Etherum (ETH) 1382.27 (+ 902.38x; + 2.14x)
Dash (DASH) 121.20 (+ 25.39x, -43%)
Dogecoin (DOGE) 0.00906 (+ 53.93x; + 13.82x)
Peercoin (PPC) 0.4462 (+6%; -26%)
Stellar (XLM) 0.2944 (+ 161.67x; -28%)
Factom (FCT) 0.4943 (-47%; -100%)
BitShares (BTS) 0.0248 (+ 8.06x; -96%)

SIMPLE AVERAGE + 133.69x in five years 2016-2021; + 2.74x in five years 2021-2026
AVERAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MARKET CAP + 96.29x in five years 2016-2021; + 2.56x in five years 2021-2026



Conclusions:
The price of Bitcoin has risen less than the price of altcoins.
The market timing is important: there is not enough money in the whole world to produce the cryptocurrencies price increases similar to 2016-2021 for the period 2026-2031.



altcoins make people feel like they have an investment as a much lower cost then the price of bitcoin it a great alternative for the majority of people. Bitcoin has risen over many years to get where it is today and will always go up and down. there is not enough world wide money to cover the amounts of alt coins and bitcoin combined but this is all digital currency and does not put people of from investing, its like gibing the bank your money.

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February 02, 2026, 10:05:01 AM
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I agree, altcoins might have gained more traction percentage wise, but bitcoins still were able to gain traction money wise. We have seen bitcoins coming from $420 up to $125,000. We can never compare this growth with any other financial asset globally. I still can't determine how you got the number of 211.71x because bitcoins have outperformed way more than that. Going forward, the growth might seem slow percentage wise but the real value for bitcoins will still keep on rising and if you are in the markets for a long time, you will know how to make profits out of it.

There is more money than you can actually imagine and I think it is very much possible for bitcoins to show somewhat similar growth for the next decade. The price is going to increase considering the major adoption and institutional interest. I can expect bitcoins to cross $1mn in a decade or so.

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