I believe that Ripple is a good application of blockchain technology because:
- it has a purpose - speed up bank transfers
- since launched, the number of banks using it is growing
- it has some form of "regulation" - having received the BitLicense from NY State
- the number of validators keep growing, granting a reduced vulnerability of the system
Though, the system is not decentralised (as for Bitcoin and Ethereum) and this can have some implication, but it requires much lower time to process a transaction and it consumes far less power, making it more efficient.
Virtual currency is a highly speculative market where in the last 3 month we saw XRP going from 0.22 USD (t1) to 3.70 USD (t2) and now back to 1.19 USD (t3), so:
- t1-t2 period +1,500%
- t2-t3 period -300%
- t1-t3 period +580%
I believe that none of these changes is related to any concrete logic. I mean, the price has not increased or decreased due to significant news related to Ripple itself. So, my suggestion would be to probably hold some of them till next speculation boom.
Cheers,
100% agreed. Realistically we need crypto adoption to assist us in driving up value in other coins. What better way then the big boys wading in and dispelling misconceptions etc.
WRT BTC, lets get real, the sheer cost of moving it around ensures it is not a viable crypto, but rather the grandfather that will be surpassed. Buy and hodl BTC for sure, use it in every day applications? Got to be kidding.