For larger amounts I just use BTC and for smaller payments I use Bitcoin Cash BCH.
As jackg said, it's thousand times better to use Litecoin if you somehow want to use an altcoin. Bitcoin Cash is totally a centralized shit. 
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You can't compare fee and speed both at once. Fee is certainly high for BTC and will be high forever as long as you are doing on chain tx. ETH still have more tx pending than BTC I think. If BTC had such pending tx, I think fee would be crazy high.
That's quite interesting, it's true that the block size for BTC is fairly large.
Personally, I haven't used ETH for payment yet. For larger amounts I just use BTC and for smaller payments I use Bitcoin Cash BCH.
What are your thoughts on BTC vs ETH?
Personally, I haven't used ETH for payment yet. For larger amounts I just use BTC and for smaller payments I use Bitcoin Cash BCH.
What are your thoughts on BTC vs ETH?
BTC Avg. Block time- 10 minutes
ETH Avg. Block time- ~14 seconds (now)
Most of platforms require about 12 confirmations on ETH network to credit users' balance so it takes much lesser than 10 - 30 minutes with BTC transactions (platforms tend to require from 1 to 3 confirmations with BTC).ETH Avg. Block time- ~14 seconds (now)
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Is not both same in term of handling tx? Sometimes BTC is even better with segwit.
Just sharing some random thoughts, I am not expert technically. So, I may be wrong in many ways.
It does not only relate to the size of transactions, but it relates to the confirmations. The more confirmations one transactions have on networks, the less risks for transactions and people who have trade deals with those transactions. Just sharing some random thoughts, I am not expert technically. So, I may be wrong in many ways.
That's a good point. How many confirmation in ETH considered as irreversible, provided that ETH once has once faced rollback back in 2016 by Vitalik. It would be good to know and compare better.
Can't say for sure, but according to this[1], range around 12 to 30ish. It might change due to the difference in hashrate and stuff like that.
But considering the risk of another rollback in ETH is higher, I'd still use Bitcoin if I need to make an important tx.
[1] https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/319/what-number-of-confirmations-is-considered-secure-in-ethereum
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in bitcoin a transaction with 1 confirmation is considered already irreversible because of how extremely difficult and costly it would be to reverse that 1 block.
That's a good point. How many confirmation in ETH considered as irreversible, provided that ETH once has once faced rollback back in 2016 by Vitalik. It would be good to know and compare better. Reference- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54262172
As this is beginners section, lets imagine that beginners are using popular and easy-to-create wallets - online wallets. When you use BTC online wallet, most of the time you can change transaction speed, but online wallet will charge his % as an addition to fee. As a ETH wallet, 99% of new users will use myetherwallet, where you pay only transaction fee. So for me and new users, ETH seems to be a better option for payment.
Both are perfectly fine for payments, I would say. However, it still depends on what you are currently holding. I mean, if a person uses bitcoin as store of value, then he might choose to make payments in the same asset. Otherwise, he will need to exchange it for another cryptocurrency like Ethereum to make a transaction.
Yup unless you got a wallet which holds mulitiple coins. It decreases the time and hassle you spend from the process of converting through the use of an exchange. But to be honest, I still stick to btc though I am using such kind of wallet. I don't actually mind if eth is the obvious better option here because I already got used to btc. I'm satisfied with its speed and I can't feel the fees also. For me a 1% fee is not so big. Well, I guess maybe that's because I only withdraw small amount of money and my opinion change once I withdraw bigger 
. I think that's one factor why many people are still using btc even if eth has lower tx fee. If they have btc in hand and suddenly they need to pay or buy something, instead of going to convert it to eth first, they will just directly use btc as converting will consume time, so it is more of convenience that we are talking here. But if you already have eth available, why not?
Both are perfectly fine for payments, I would say. However, it still depends on what you are currently holding. I mean, if a person uses bitcoin as store of value, then he might choose to make payments in the same asset. Otherwise, he will need to exchange it for another cryptocurrency like Ethereum to make a transaction.
Yup unless you got a wallet which holds mulitiple coins. It decreases the time and hassle you spend from the process of converting through the use of an exchange. But to be honest, I still stick to btc though I am using such kind of wallet. I don't actually mind if eth is the obvious better option here because I already got used to btc. I'm satisfied with its speed and I can't feel the fees also. For me a 1% fee is not so big. Well, I guess maybe that's because I only withdraw small amount of money and my opinion change once I withdraw bigger . 
Speed comparison as I used both. Eth is relatively faster regardless of size. Ive been using both on our third party app and I always received and sent first with the ethereum network.
Let say sending both USD equivalent from one btc to another wallet same goes for eth, having the block time for both could tell you which one will be efficient but as you mentioned Segwit sometime is better, I believe with the use of lightning network it can be comparable now to eth speed.
I like both but I tale advantage sometime which transaction fee can make me spend cheaper before doing any such payment and usage of eth and BTC
Let say sending both USD equivalent from one btc to another wallet same goes for eth, having the block time for both could tell you which one will be efficient but as you mentioned Segwit sometime is better, I believe with the use of lightning network it can be comparable now to eth speed.
I like both but I tale advantage sometime which transaction fee can make me spend cheaper before doing any such payment and usage of eth and BTC
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Is not both same in term of handling tx? Sometimes BTC is even better with segwit.
Just sharing some random thoughts, I am not expert technically. So, I may be wrong in many ways.
Both are perfectly fine for payments, I would say. However, it still depends on what you are currently holding. I mean, if a person uses bitcoin as store of value, then he might choose to make payments in the same asset. Otherwise, he will need to exchange it for another cryptocurrency like Ethereum to make a transaction. It requires some time and fees to make it happen. If there is a convinient way to switch assets quickly then I don't see a problem. But again why would he do that if he can make payment with bitcoin. You might say that what if he is holding several assets to make payments. Yes, but that doesn't work when we are talking about storing of value. Ethereum, in this case, must be also considered as store of value, in order for a person not to lose his money while waiting for a good time for a fast transaction. Is not both same in term of handling tx? Sometimes BTC is even better with segwit.
Just sharing some random thoughts, I am not expert technically. So, I may be wrong in many ways.
when you speak of confirmation you should first define what it means. confirmation does NOT JUST mean included in a block even though that is the literal definition. when speaking of confirmation we care about the number when the transaction becomes irreversible. in bitcoin a transaction with 1 confirmation is considered already irreversible because of how extremely difficult and costly it would be to reverse that 1 block. there is no altcoin in existence that shares the same number. majority of them have to have a chain that is thousands of blocks long before the transaction is considered irreversible. you can take a quick look at the number of confirmation exchanges require before funding the user's account as an inaccurate but good example.
additionally confirmation has another meaning to it which is immutability. in simple terms it means when the blockchain is created it must not be changed. that is not true for many altcoins including ethereum. their blockchain has changed in the past due to decisions that their owners made with rollbacks, ... and there is nothing stopping them from doing the same in the future. that is another downside of being centralized!
additionally confirmation has another meaning to it which is immutability. in simple terms it means when the blockchain is created it must not be changed. that is not true for many altcoins including ethereum. their blockchain has changed in the past due to decisions that their owners made with rollbacks, ... and there is nothing stopping them from doing the same in the future. that is another downside of being centralized!
When it's about Bitcoin and Eth I always suggest Eth for payment because of its fastest block time and lower transection fees.But My personal suggestion for payment is to use Nano coin.
Because it's the fastest and Nano has zero transection cost or fee.
Again Neo has also faster transection feature which is only 15 seconds required to process a transection on avarege for the next neo block.
Because it's the fastest and Nano has zero transection cost or fee.
Again Neo has also faster transection feature which is only 15 seconds required to process a transection on avarege for the next neo block.
I normally suggest ltc, it's not perfect but it has segwit and a 1mb block every 2.5 minutes.
Eth txs are definitely cheaper than btc though srull from when I last used them...
Eth txs are definitely cheaper than btc though srull from when I last used them...
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Very often we see people sugget to use ETH or any alternative coin for cheap and faster tx. I am going to share some information which will proof that it is no better. I may be wrong too, I am not an expert here. Just sharing what I have got.
BTC Avg. Block time- 10 minutes
ETH Avg. Block time- ~14 seconds (now)
So, ETH will get around 43 blocks = 1 BTC block
BTC block size- 1 MB (Let's say we use Legacy only)
ETH Block size- 20 to 30 kb (Let's say 25kb on average)
How much byte can both proceed within 10 minutes?
Both BTC and ETH will be able to proceed 1 MB tx data on average.
Is not both same in term of handling tx? Sometimes BTC is even better with segwit.
Just sharing some random thoughts, I am not expert technically. So, I may be wrong in many ways.
BTC Avg. Block time- 10 minutes
ETH Avg. Block time- ~14 seconds (now)
So, ETH will get around 43 blocks = 1 BTC block
BTC block size- 1 MB (Let's say we use Legacy only)
ETH Block size- 20 to 30 kb (Let's say 25kb on average)
How much byte can both proceed within 10 minutes?
Both BTC and ETH will be able to proceed 1 MB tx data on average.
Is not both same in term of handling tx? Sometimes BTC is even better with segwit.
Just sharing some random thoughts, I am not expert technically. So, I may be wrong in many ways.
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