Ethereum and Bitcoin Are Market Leaders But Not Competitors
A lot of people tend to ignore the fact that Bitcoin is not Ethereum and vice versa. Nor should they be, to be frank, as we have seen enough clones of Bitcoin over the past seven years. Ethereum is doing something entirely different, which is a welcome change in the overflowing oceans of useless altcoins. The competition between Bitcoin and Ethereum is real, but it is not taking place in the same niche market. Unlike what most people think, Ethereum and Bitcoin are not achieving the same goal per se, as the former is focusing on making the blockchain more appealing to everyday users,....
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Mainstream media outlets are beginning to advance the idea that Ethereum and Bitcoin are traditional competitors. This notion does not make much sense. Ethereum and Bitcoin are two different expressions of a similar notion, with important differences that ultimately make them fundamentally different. While it is true both have great uses for online gambling, especially where it’s illegal, calling them competitors might be akin to calling fiat currencies competitors. While in a way they are, they are much more symbiotic in today’s political economy than competitors generally are considered....
JPMorgan has piled on the ethereum high gas fee issue as a reason why it could end up losing out to competitors like Solana and Cardano. These other projects past significantly fewer transaction fees than ethereum, being one of the major pull points for investors. Due to this, it is increasingly losing users to other […]
Vitalik Buterin, the inventor of Ethereum, talked about the obstacles of Eth 2.0., meme coins, upcoming upgrades, stablecoins and their value, and competitors in the Virtual Fintech Forum at StartmeupHK Festival 2021. Despite the success of its ecosystem and an impressive rally, Ethereum’s main critics point towards its technical difficulties, high fees, and the ambition […]
As the crypto market has taken a turn for the worse, institutional investors are phasing out their investments in Ethereum. The digital asset had been the victim of multiple outflows that had tanked its total AuM (Assets under management) and this trend has continued this week. Instead of moving to a larger competitor, Bitcoin, institutional investors are now moving to networks that are in direct competition with Ethereum. Big Money Leaves Ethereum To Algorand Algorand is one of the leading competitors of Ethereum which has been making waves in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Due....
Ethereum has been the leading blockchain in the smart contracts space since it first became prominent. It has maintained this title through the decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) boom. However, there have been fast competitors that have popped up with the advent of both these new spaces which continue to battle ethereum for […]