Not bad, good, but not amazing. Masternodes have built a stronger following for sure, but at this point in the crypto market, brand awareness and market penetration are essential.
There are so many platforms out there building great platforms, it isn't just about what is techinically superior.
And that's why I think, in the end, people still go back to eth.
It is probably the least viable from a technical standpoint, but it is by far the largest ecosystem out there.
There have been numerous times where competing companies have gone up with each other.
Even with better tech, there are many who have lost the battle cause they didn't have name brand awareness and adoption.
In the end, it is not about what is technically the best, but what other people consider to be the best.
And basically, all signs point towards eth.
It's not about there being one platform to rule then all each one has pros and cons. Syscoin platform has only been live for a few months and already has multiple projects lining up to build on it most of those projects arnt start ups but they are legit businesses who arnt concerned with hype. Each project that builds on syscoin ads to the brand awarness/ market penetration you are talking about. As you saw with crypto kitties it's only takes one project to congest the eth network which ruins it for all the projects using eth. Eth isn't viable for any projects that are actually aiming for mass adoption let alone multiple projects aiming for it.
You say there have been multiple projects that have already lost the battle? Which ones? How can you say any project has lost the battle when they are still on in development??