even to this day, etherum continues to be just below the bitcoin. although the distance value between bitcoin and etherum is quite far away, but I believe someday, etherum will be right next to bitcoin, even get through it.
Well etheruem technically works different like bitcoin because of its platfrom. Bitcoin is just for mining in simple terms. So any coin that has developed another coin is not valid as another bitcoin. For me a coin that is purely for mining are its forks. You just mine and you earn and BCH is the next highest price only. In terms of marketcap, their are more higher than BCH.