Topic: Can ETH match the BTC? - page 12. (Read 3423 times)

Me too, I've seen the potential of etherum someday, and i think it will overtake the lead of bitcoin in the future. That's why i am planning to buy some etherum, as soon as possible.

I think in present condition it is not good to compare with Bitcoin, Bitcoin already touched the moon with high price, when it comes it ETH the value of ETH increased a lot in the year 2017. I think there is chance that price of ETH will increase in the coming year.

ETH actually grew 20-30x this year alone, it might be that the increase was too fast for the valuation of the coin. The main reason people invested in Ethereum was for the ICOs and smart contracts. But I think people are finding less usage for smart contracts than they once thought, and the price should drop and correct itself. I estimate maybe $200 Ethereum would be a good price, it's a young coin, having its value so close to BTC just doesn't make any sense.

Also there was the incident known as the "Flippening" which people thought were going to happen in July this year. It was when BTC was at the lowest market share level, dropping down to around 38%, and ETH rose to around 34%. So they were basically neck and neck in marketshare. People were starting to think that BTC was inferior and lost its value compared to Ethereum so people were trading BTC for ETH in a panic. However the market once again realized its mistake, and figured that, hey ETH is a very young coin that just came out, it has not proven its value yet, and so the market turned around to what it is now.

I don't think ETH will ever surpass BTC. It is just the king of the throne. It's the gold of the cryptocurrency. If you have Bitcoin, you can trade it for thousands of any other coin. It has the most history with Satoshi Nakamoto shrouded in mystery creating it, being used on drug websites, having the most hashing power, and so on. Bitcoin is king. Bitcoin is my favorite coin.

If ETH can really take off as a platform for decentralized apps, that is if we get some great disruptive apps built on top of Ethereum that everyone wants to use. Could it be tokenisation of a lot of asset bases? Either way as long as the ETH community remains strong and keeps improving the eco-system I think some great things will come of it (and therefore hopefully some good gains for ETH)

ETH grow up too fast, 20 times at least since 8 months )

Such as ETH is growing rapidly in the market,it is possible BTC level.Ethereum grow very well and i wish them a bright future.

ETH and BTC have no match. It's like a different part of the body. In the last six months, Bitcoin has changed the whole history and made it to the new high point. but ETH  is not have big moment and daily grow very slowly. bitcoin supply again ETH is very low. all forex and many exchange platform trade bitcoin with high volume. bitcoin Can go to any extent. ETH GROW but this take very long time. ETH future depend on ico token.

ethereum is very difficult to master Bitcoin, given the rising prices of Bitcoin.

Ethereum is unlikely when compared with its cost with bitcoin. These are good and promising coins, but absolutely different, including for the purpose and function. Bitcoin will remain the leader of all the crypto currency, and the etherium is only the leader of the Altkoins.

No. There is lot of them (LTC, BTC forks... ).

I think the reason can be the ETH purpose is not to be "currency" or "money" or w/e term we use for things to ease the trading (goods exchange).
It's rather platform for smart contracts and limited supply could ruin it. (What if few persons would hold them all? No new smart contracts could be made at that point).

True, but only probably in our decade. In the following decades though, who knows? It's very very possible for another new or existing coin to just kick out bitcoin and ethereum off the #1 and #2 spot.

True. 42-coin is definitely high in price. But what do you expect out of a coin that only has a max coins of 42 coins?

It is impossible to achieve the price of Bitcoin, and its market value will continue to rise

not for another 10 years,because BTC strongly holding and dominating the whole crypto,its power and credibility continuous to prosper and its high value keeps this crypto round,so if ETH over BtC is the topic i think all i can say is.ETH time will come..but not to soon.

I think it is very difficult though ETH is a good coin. Because bitcoins are very expensive and are accepted the most in the world. The amount of bitcoin is not much so its value increases continuously.

In my opinion this is can be happen because ETH can be bigger than BTC in the future,  volume and market cap of   ETH nearly to BTC.  Founder of ETH Vitalik Buterin also jenius that always have new idea to be more development of ETH platform.

ETH is dying right now, If ETH is a great project, It's price will not be volatile just like what happening right now, ETH must limit the allowable ICO that can used their smart contract in the future. Crypto currency is too crowded right which is the cause of high volatility.

ETH is a great project with brilliant future but it will be always after BTC . it's a fact

does not seem. because bitcoin is the mother of all coins. and bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency.

When I search for the keywords "Ethereum" and "supply" the first result is that although there is no hardcoded limit, there is practical limit. Eventually Ethereum Proof-of-Work will move into Ice Age. It will be so hard to mine there are barely any new Ether. The  practical maximum supply is about 100 million.

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-limit-to-the-supply-of-Ethereum

It cannot have the same unit price, but for the long term investment, growthwise, ETH will be the winner.