So currently Bitcoin and Ethereum are the top crypto coins for a while now. Bitcoin being the first, and Ethereum enabling new features like smart contracts, has earned them their positions.
Recently, as we all know, bitcoin had very high fees for a few days. If crypto gets mass adoption, then scalability and low costs might be critical for a coin to be the dominant one long term.
So, my question is: Do you think bitcoin will be replaced as the top coin by another cryptocurrency that has instant and fee-less transactions? or just any other cryptocurrency in general?
In my opinion, what I thought of first as a potential contender for the top is NANO. Of course because it has no fees and is instant. but also because it already is quite a popular cryptocurrency, which would help it in being the one that gets most recognition if mass adoption of crypto were to happen.
Though, I'm curious what you all think. Which coin do you think will be the dominant in the future? Do you think it would be a coin that already exists, or do you see a whole new cryptocurrency idea emerging that solves certain problems that make it become the top cryptocurrency? Or do you think it will stay as is with bitcoin, and it becomes more valuable and rare, like “digital gold”? Also, I would like to hear your reasoning, and if you actually invest in it for that reason.
TLDR: BTC and ETH are the top coins right now. With BTC’s high fees, do you think it will be replaced as the top, and would it be a coin that has no fees and is instant, like NANO, or another existing or non-existing (yet) one, or will it stay the same?