Topic: will Ethereum catch up to Bitcoin? (Read 1220 times)

I believe because bitcoin was first ETH will never catch up.

and that's why we need to know and understand whatever project we are dealing because if not then we are just wasting our time and effort ending nothing but losses .
I'm very particular in this because I know that aside from time sometimes I have being encourage to invest so i must learn and understand each before putting my money ..

hahhah true is a big maybe. Bitcoin is simple yet powerful in my opinion is always be the king of crypto maybe the etherum paves lot of innovation in the crypto industry but just like you I believe that Bitcoin not gonna replace by etherum.

For now just make it  bitcoin is the king and etherum is the queen of crypto


Yes because bitcoin adopt not just by people like us but also investment company, a regular company big bank heck even a country right now that is why bitcoin is popular in any way

Anything is possible, but if you look at the price of ethereum in bitcoin you will see that bitcoin has been growing faster than ethereum despite having a larger market cap, so not only ethereum is not keeping up with bitcoin but it is slower on its rate of growth too, and taking this into account, it is not really likely that ethereum can surpass bitcoin, unless that tendency can be reverted during the current bull run, something difficult to imagine with the excitement surrounding bitcoin at the moment.

That is a BIG maybe. Especially when BTC is the "King of all Crypto". It's the one that makes the market go round. ETH may have better features, but it's nowhere near comparable as BTC in terms of security/reliability, decentralization, and censorship-resistance. What kills ETH's ability to become a store of value is non other than its unlimited supply. How would cash (ETH) replace Gold (BTC) this way? Expect ETH to remain the second-largest crypto in the world forever.

What's the hurry? Why focus on ETH overcoming BTC? ETH can do well on its own as an alternative project. I'd say both BTC and ETH compliment each other. They might outlast other coins if developers (and the community) continues to maintain them. It's not about the hype, but rather utility. Just buy, "hodl", and forget about the rest.

will Ethereum catch up to Bitcoin? The simple answer is maybe yes.

But here is the thing Ethereum now has unlimited supply and in my opinion if the supply keep increasing there is possibility that the price or the ETH marketcap would still the same or not. for now ETH has burning mechanism for the inflation.

and ETH need at least x5 of their current marketcap to surpass bitcoin that for now seems impossible.

Corrections are normal on the market, even for BTC, looking at its size.
The main thing is that now, too many people and institutions have much skin put in it, thus, it's no wonder it will reach new heights. And then even newer ones - and so on. It's a gift that keeps on giving in so much.

It won't. Same way Solana won't ever catch up to Ethereum in terms of market cap. ETH holders are simply dreaming. Why would an alternative cryptocurrency overcome BTC in market cap? It doesn't make any sense. Bitcoin is the one crypto project that started it all. Without it, ETH nor any of the zillions of coins we know and love today would've existed. When BTC goes up, so does ETH and other alts. Same happens when BTC goes down in price.

Many people consider BTC as the "next digital Gold" because of its limited supply. ETH, on the other hand, doesn't have a hard cap on supply. It's infinitely-expanding just like Dogecoin. Except that it can be used for real world applications thanks to its smart contract capabilities. I'd say ETH is similar to Oil than anything else. In essence, LTC is Silver, BTC is Gold, ETH is Oil, while Dogecoin is Copper. You can hold both BTC and ETH if you want complete peace of mind. Just invest your money wisely, and there should be nothing to worry about.

Bitcoin is Bitcoin, no other coin compares to Bitcoin.  You will notice that in the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin is always on the upswing, although there are occasional dips, but it returns to the correct levels again and again.  At the moment unique coins are red lights in the market, but they cannot easily recover the market.  So if an investor can be quick and patient from the beginning of each green candle to the next, then surely it is possible to reap the benefits.

Well, there is no other term when picking up multiple coins other than diversification. In a bull run, not just one but multiple coins are pumping up, this is why it is also a good idea to do diversification in order to maximize its effect/potential.

The only downside of diversification would be is losing more when there is a bear market because a lot of coins are also dumping during this time. I wouldn't include/add "manage" as one of its disadvantages, since like I said earlier, a lot of coins will still move on the same direction. Diversification seem to be not really dependent on knowledge but more on a capital.

So, if you are a person with lots of it, you will surely consider it but if not, then you won't. In terms of investing, there are people who prefer alts over BTC.

I think it is because they think alts are still lighter, so it has more potential to pump higher. In terms of usage, alts are also unique. They have this smart contract which allows them to have multiple use cases. Not to mention that their fees and speed are also much better than in BTC. So the people who are in this category can as well consider altcoins over Bitcoin. Despite of it, none of the altcoins have still overtaken Bitcoin.

No matter how logical it is, Ethereum cannot catch up with Bitcoin in the market. If you say in terms of correction and price increase, I try to say from the percentage of market capitalization. Bitcoin is still the highest coin with very strong investor confidence.
If Bitcoin is currently correcting from $69,000, then when Bitcoin increases again, Ethereum cannot do much with a much different percentage.
In many ways, Bitcoin is still the king among potential coins including Ethereum.

Diversification is great for those who want to minimize their risks and have a better portfolio overall - you not only have more potential because you have more than one coin in your bag, but multiple of them, and all of them are stable and have potential.

recently just heard the wind that some whales are accumulating ETH, don't know the exact reason why but ETH could always recovers back to its level previously which is $4k but yeah, it falls behind a lot compared to the performance of both BTC and solana frankly speaking.

it could also be the side effect of having too much liquid staking protocols in the ecosystem though, when whales are staking their money, they will eventually get their money out when everything is done and just dump their ETH.
lately so many LST and LRT projects has been having their TGE, the ETH escaped most of their protocols leaving about 50% if not lesser TVL remaining, great deal of the other 50% I think just get outright dumped to the market because the whale also see less opportunity to make money in ETH now that there's not much big project with hundred millions of VC investment promising token drops.

so I still expects ETH to falls behind compared to BTC in the future, maybe in this rally, ETH just won't shine.

Diversification is what all the big investors do, and while we may look at life differently and even economy differently, this one we should be looking at the greats to do the same. It doesn't even matter if you like them or not, but as you can see, even the richest people in the world put their money from their big companies to smaller for diversification, if nothing else, they do not reinvest their profits and use that to invest in other stuff.

Jeff, Bill, Warren, Elon, all have shares in more than one company. So, it would only make sense to have some money in ETH as well, doesn't mean it will pass bitcoin, but it would be a smart decision, just in case anything goes wrong and you do not end up with anything great in return.

Yeah, going into some alts with even 5% from 1 mil may bring big profits, and 12 alts is too much to have, in my opinion.
I would give more percentage to BTC and one alt that I have the most skin in.

Diversification would really be the best if we do really tend to consider out on potentially be able to earn on multiple coins/tokens specially on this upcoming bull run. Potential profits could really be also
that much bigger in comparing when you are really just that simply holding Bitcoin into your portfolio.It would really be just that depending on you whether youwould really be that focusing into a single point
or would really be making up some reconsiderations on touching up altcoins on which this one wont really be bad. Every coin/tokens listed on the market will really be having that potential on overtaking Bitcoin.
We arent that dumb enough on not to see into those potential in terms of feature and other aspects on which Bitcoin doesnt have but of course it cant be easily be overtaken or dethroned considering that this is really the main crypto or simply the father of all on which its really that hard to be replaced into its current position. Any advantage or in comparison would really be totally useless if we do try out to compare about
the community support and interest on which we know that it will really be mainly focusing on Bitcoin and this what makes it sitting on the top spot for decades+. Although there would really be no assurance
because there's no way that we could be able to predict the future but at least we do make out such steps on which we know that this could bring out that potential profits on the moment that we've decided
to make out such actions and of course into the choices made.

Maybe you are right, but all of this ultimately depends on our individual preferences in managing our risk and capital in investing in crypto, because if you talk about the percentage in investment, there are many things to consider, for example using your projected view by having $1 million and you keep 20% in BTC and ETH ($200k in BTC and ETH) and for the remaining coins you keep (5%) / $50k in each altcoin with a total of 12 altcoins that you buy, is that not excessive in taking risks? I think it is excessive to keep so much in altcoins, my point is that the percentage of the portfolio is relative depending on how much money you have to keep so that the formulation for each diversification you can see clearly and suitable for the risk you take including in the scenario I gave.

This is true, having a portfolio that is diversified is an important situation, because it gives you a great return when you have a good portfolio and not only it helps with a lot of downs, but it also helps you with further profiting as well, very important situation to be in. I believe the best thing to do in this case is to have a portfolio as deep as you can while keeping bitcoin as your number one.

A lot of people say the highest you should have for a single asset is 20% at most, and I agree with them, I have more than that, bitcoin is half of my portfolio but I can see 20% being a lot better. This way, you could have 20% bitcoin, 20% ethereum, and then the other 60% could be 5% each for 12 different tokens and coins as well. This would give you a much better situation, and at the very very worst case, bitcoin and ethereum will go up twice and then some in the future, so you will recover everything even if those 12 coins and tokens go to zero.

Compared to Bitcoin, Ethereum's price correction has been much smaller, especially when it was at $73,000, while Ethereum was at $3,800. But currently Bitcoin has risen to $69k again but Ethereum is not able to cross $2600. So you tell me how Ethereum can beat Bitcoin. Totally unrealistic and unreasonable in current market conditions.

I guess the fact that altcoin keep changing position in every bullrun is also what makes some people consider alt just plain scam and decide to be maxi which is fair, anyway if it's coin like ETH, i think it's not just ordinary coin, it has gone through some bullish cycle and has proven to be good enough to still persist with its position as the 2nd most valued alt.

I'd say , ETH is good enough for an investment, specifically crypto investment.

but then again, seeing the performance, it seems investing in BTC is actually enough to make good profit, sometime even more than investing in ETH, so I guess, the opinion to invest in 1 coin is valid.
anyway, I personally like to invest in both, for the sake of diversification.